hey just wondering where all you figure skaters are from?? ...... I'm in the UK! land of Torvill and Dean and John Curry!! lol!! who are the most famous skaters from your country??

twinkletoes

Canada is where i'm, from...
jamie sale, and david peltie, emanuel sandu, etc... the top canadian skaters are pretty well know, emanuel is from the same city as me sooo i guess he is the biggest in my area

Hey! I'm from the US. I think that Michelle Kwan is most famous here..... Johnny Weir and Evan Lysack (I dunno how to spell his last name, sorry) are popular too.....

Michelle Kwan was living across the street from me in a nice complex for awhile. I don't think she lives there anymore, but it was cool for awhile.

^cool! Did you like stalk her? Try to meet her? I WOULD!!!!
At the moment there's a huge battle between the two Australian champions at the moment as to who's going to the 2006 winter olympics. I skate at the rink wiht one of them. It's a really big battle, so they're probably the most talked about in Australia at the moment.

Yeah I totally wanted to meet her. The one time I saw her up close in a store I freaked out and pretty much ran away. {I know... dumb move} Of course by the time I went back, she wasn't anywhere around and I looked throughout the whole store. Oh well. I keep thinking we'll meet again someday. I did see her practicing a few times. I was trying my best not to be a complete stalker.

wow that is totally amazing!!! i would be soooo excited if that happened to me!! lol!! thanks for the replies

I'm so proud! I skated on THE SAME ICE as Miriam!!!!! woot! She's such an amazing skater! I can't belive it - she trains at this tiny, pathetic little rink - her jumps took her practucally to the other end of the ice! She's AMAZING!!!!

Hi twinkletoes! I am from the UK too! Which rink do you skate at?

yay!! someone else from the uk!! i have sent you a PM skatebabe!

Well, I live in Australia now, but I grew up in montreal. The famous people from my local were:

Charlene Wong: 1985 Quebec Ladies Senior Champion, four time Canadian Silver Medalist

Kristy Sargeant and Kris Wirtz: 1998 & 99 Canadian Senior Pairs Champions

and David Pelletier: 2002 Olympic Gold Medalist

not bad when you think about it...

Miriam didn't get it! Jo Carter gets to go to the olympics now :'( I was so dissapointed! I wanted someone from the same rink as me to get to the olympics! Oh well, I guess I'm next

I'm from the US and I think the most famous current skater is Michelle Kwan by a mile, like others said, but other skaters that are well remembered in the United States are Peggy Fleming, Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan,Dorothy Hammill Peter and Kitty Carruthers, and Scott Hamilton. They are all names that Americans commonly associate with figure skating.

I think Michelle and Kristi are pretty much tied for being the most known

Australia
Miriam and Jo they are not that famous though

Lipinskifan4eva

hi twinkletoes its me again am on ma new name (icebabe) ma old name was (skatebabe) a just wanted 2 say a skate at EAST KILBRIDE ICE RINK SCOTLAND and i no john and sinead kerr they are really cool people well bye for now

Heya Icebabe! thats soo cool!! i used to skate at Altrincham before the rink closed, where their coach used to teach.

hiya twinkletoes itz me again it must have been amazing to skate at altricham have you ever comoeted at any of the opens up in scotland my coach is silvanna cameron do you no her she is amazing a have left skating now but ma wee sis still skates she done the british pre-novcie last year at nottingham and i tell you it was amazing at that rink it was so big if you want to contact me you can on kirstybalfour@hotmail.com well bye for now
xxxx
luv icebabe
p.s ma name is kirsty balfour

H I am from uk and am the mother of Michael Aldred ex british pairs Champion[Now in Norway]and Michaela chamberlain Nisa Judge

I am also aunty to Mark peperday the ex british men champion

They all trained at the same rink in Nottingham as Torville and Dean and used to be on the same patch ice while all us parents went for a drink

Also knew Chirs Howarth who is now in Chicago [Sky sports]
Robin Cousins,Steven Cousins,Brigss twins [Simon and Jason who is now in the USA]Nicky Slater ,Karen Barber,Joanne Conway champions

Good Luck to skaters where ever you all are

Mama DD's xxx

Hey,

I would say the most famous from canada in re cent years would be Elvis Stojko. But we also have some greast dance teams, like:
Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice lauzon
and I guess the most well known woman right now is Joannie Rochette

I'm from the US...BUt I think everyone has named all the famous skaters...

The most famous skaters that are from my area are Julia Vlassov and Drew Meekins, who just recently won the Junior World Title in Pairs.