World Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual senior figure skating event awarding medals in four disciplines: men's and women's singles, pairs and ice dance. The world title is considered the most important competitive achievement in figure skating after the Olympic gold medal and the most prestigious title at ISU Figure Skating Championships. Men's singles. The men's event was first held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg and is the oldest discipline at the World Championships. Until 1902 men and women were allowed to compete in the same event (open  singles). Since 1903 only men can attend the event. Ulrich Salchow from Sweden has won the most gold medals in the men's singles discipline and also the most medals in total (thirteen). He won ten golds in a row, however, this feat was not achieved at back-to-back events, as he didn't compete at the World Championships 1906 in Munich. The record for most back-to-back titles is held by Austrian Karl Schäfer with seven gold medals. Most silver medals were won by James Grogan from the United States and Brian Orser from Canada (four each ). Andor Szende from Hungary, Alexander Fadeev from the Soviet Union and Jan Hoffmann from East Germany share the record for most bronze medals (three each). Women's singles. After the exclusion of female skaters from the open singles event at the World Championships in 1902, the International Skating Union established a separate second-class competition for women called the ISU Championships, which was first held 1906 in Davos. The first combined World Championships for men, women and pairs took place in 1930 in New York City. Sonja Henie from Norway holds the records in women's singles for the most  won medals (eleven) and most golds (ten), which is also the longest winning streak at back-to-back events in this discipline. Six skaters share the record of most won silver medals (three) – Megan Taylor from Great Britain, Regine Heitzer from Austria, Gabriele Seyfert from East Germany, Surya Bonaly from France, Irina Slutskaya from Russia and Michelle Kwan from the United States. Vivi-Anne Hultén from Sweden and Carolina Kostner from Italy hold the record for the most bronze medals (three each). Pairs. The first separate pairs event was held in 1908 in Saint Petersburg. The first combined World Championships  for men, women and pairs took place in 1930 in New York City. Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev from the Soviet Union hold the pair record for most won gold medals and the longest winning streak at back-to-back events (six). Rodnina won another four gold medals with her first partner Alexei Ulanov and was undefeated at ten World Championships in a row. The record of most medals in total is shared by two pairs (eight each): Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy from Germany, and Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov from the Soviet Union. Savchenko won another three medals  with Bruno Massot and holds the record of most medals by a skater in the pairs discipline (eleven). The siblings Ilse and Erik Pausin won the most silver medals (five), representing Austria and Nazi Germany in their last competition in 1939. Lyudmila Smirnova from the Soviet Union won five silvers as well, but with two different partners. Three pairs share the record for the most bronze medals (three each): the siblings Marianna and László Nagy from Hungary, Cynthia and Ronald Kauffman from the United States and the pair Pang Qing and Tong Jian from China. Todd Sand from the United  States and Eric Radford from Canada also won three bronze medals, but each of them achieved it with two different partners. Most total medals by pair. Four more figure skaters won a total of 6 medals in the pairs event, but with different partners: Ice dance. Ice dance is the youngest of all four disciplines at the World Figure Skating Championships. It was first held in 1952 in Paris. Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov from the Soviet Union hold the record for most won gold medals (six) and the longest winning streak at back-to-back events with five (they  did not compete in 1975). The record of most medals in total is shared by three ice dance duos (eight each): Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, and Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov, all competed for the Soviet Union (although Klimova and Ponomarenko represented CIS in their last competition in 1992). Most silvers were won by Klimova and Ponomarenko as well (five), the record for most bronze medals is held by Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz from Canada (four). Most gold medals by ice dance duo. One more figure skater has won 4 gold and  1 silver medal in the ice dance event, but with two different partners: Most total medals by ice dance duo. Three more figure skaters won a total of 5 medals in the ice dance event, but with different partners: