page_title: List of Jews in sports
section_title: Figure skating
hierarchical_section_title: List of Jews in sports / Athletes / Figure skating
caption_attribution_description: Irina Sluzkaja während der Russischen Meisterschaften 2005
context_page_description: This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria for inclusion in this list are:
  1–3 places winners at major international tournaments;
  for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or
  holders of past and current world records.
  Boldface denotes a current competitor.
  To be included in the list, one does not necessarily have to practice Judaism. Some members of the list may practice other religions or no religion at all, but are of Jewish ancestry.
  The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society.
context_section_description: Max Aaron, US, figure skater, 2013 US men's champion
  Sarah Abitbol, France, figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship bronze
  Benjamin Agosto, US, ice dancer, Olympic silver, World Championship silver, bronze
  Ilya Averbukh, Russia, ice dancer, Olympic silver, world champion, European champion
  Oksana Baiul, Ukraine, figure skater, Olympic gold
  Jason Brown, US, figure skater, 2x Junior World Medalist, 2014 US silver, 2014 Olympic bronze (team)
  Alexei Beletski, Ukrainian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian
  Judy Blumberg, US, ice dancer, 3x World Championship bronze
  Aimee Buchanan, US & Israel, figure skater
  Fritzi Burger, Austria, figure skater
  Zhan Bush, Russia, figure skater
  Cindy Bortz, US, figure skater, World Junior Champion
  Fritzi Burger, Austria, figure skater, 2x Olympic silver, 2x World Championship silver
  Oleksii Bychenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, 2016 European silver medallist, Olympian
  Alain Calmat, France, figure skater, Olympic silver, World Championship gold, silver, 2x bronze
  Galit Chait, Israel, ice dancer, World Championship bronze, Olympian
  Sasha Cohen, US, figure skater, 2006 US Champion, 3x World medalist, 2006 Olympic silver>
  Amber Corwin, US, figure skater
  Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, US, ice dancer, competes w/partner David Mitchell; US Championships bronze
  Aleksandr Gorelik, Soviet, pair skater, Olympic silver, World Championship 2x silver, bronze
  Melissa Gregory, US, figure skater, ice dancer w/Denis Petukhov, US Championships 3 silvers, 2 bronze
  Natalia Gudina, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, Olympian
  Emily Hughes, US, figure skater, World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze, US Championships bronze, silver
  Sarah Hughes, US, figure skater, Olympic gold, World Championship bronze
  Ronald Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2x silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze, 1964 Olympic bronze
  Vivian Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2x silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze, 1964 Olympic bronze
  Gennadi Karponossov, Russia, ice dancer & coach, Olympic gold, World Championship 2x gold, silver, 2x bronze
  Felix Kaspar, Austria, figure skater, Olympic bronze
  Tamar Katz, US-born Israeli, figure skater
  Lily Kronberger, Hungary, figure skater, World Championship 4x gold, 2x bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
  Dylan Moscovitch, Canada, pairs skater, 2011 Canadian national champion, 2014 Olympic silver (team)
  Emilia Rotter, Hungary, pair skater, World Championship 4x gold, silver, 2x Olympic bronze
  Louis Rubenstein, Canada, figure skater, (pre-Olympic) world champion, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
  Lionel Rumi, Israel, ice dancer
  Sergei Sakhnovsky, Israel, ice dancer with Galit Chait, World Championship bronze, Olympian
  Daniel Samohin, Israel, figure skater, 2016 World Junior Champion; former junior world record holder (free skate), Olympian
  Michael Seibert, US, ice dancer, US Figure Skating Championships 5x gold, World Figure Skating Championships 3x bronze
  Robert Shmalo, US, ice dancer
  Julia Shapiro, Russia-born Israel, pair skater, World Junior bronze
  Michael Shmerkin, Soviet-born Israeli, figure skater
  Simon Shnapir, Russian-born US, pairs skater, 2x US national champion (2013 & 2014), 2014 Olympic bronze (team)
  Igor Shpilband, Soviet, ice dancer, World Junior Championship gold, silver; coach to several world champion teams
  Jamie Silverstein, US, figure skater, ice dancer w/Ryan O'Meara, US Championships bronze
  Irina Slutskaya, Russia, figure skater, Olympic silver & bronze, World Championship 2x gold, 3x silver & 1x bronze, 4x Russian champion, 7x European champion
  Maxim Staviski, Russian-born Bulgarian, ice dancer, World Championship gold, silver, bronze
  László Szollás, Hungary, pair skater, World Championship gold & silver, 2x Olympic bronze
  Isabella Tobias, US-born ice dancer, represented Lithuania at 2014 Winter Olympics. Currently representing Israel.
  Alexandra Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian
  Roman Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Oly
caption: Irina Slutskaya
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