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All-time favorite ladies skaters?

snejina

Rinkside
Joined
Jan 9, 2012
Julia Lipnitskaya
Mao Asada
Yuna Kim
Katarina Witt
Carolina Kostner
Sasha Cohen
Oksana Bauil
 

ruga

Final Flight
Joined
Oct 20, 2017
My faves:
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (the 3A and perfect technique empress!!!)
Yuna Kim
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Kaori Sakamoto
Satoko Miyahara
Carolina Kostner

Also, those who haven't been around for a long time, but have lots of potential:
Aliona Kostornaia
Alexandra Trusova
Rika Kihira
Mako Yamashita
 

HazyD

Rinkside
Joined
Jul 14, 2013
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan :)

Then (in no order):
Mao Asada
Akiko Suzuki
Carolina Kostner
Yuka Sato
Surya Bonaly


Runners up:
Satoko Miyahara
Susanna Poykio
Evgenia Medvedeva
Deanna Stellato
Alissa Czisny
Joannie Rochette
 

ana

On the Ice
Joined
Jan 16, 2010
Kristi Yamaguchi
Michelle Kwan
Carolina Kostner
Yuna Kim
Alissa Czisny
Mao Asada
Evgenia Medvedeva
Satoko Miyahara
Akiko Suzuki
 

madmax

Rinkside
Joined
Sep 6, 2017
Katarina Witt
Carolina Kostner
Alena Kostornaia
Peggy Fleming
Mao Asada
Yuna KIM
Yulia Liptniskaya
Sasha Cohen
 

Giu

On the Ice
Joined
Jul 13, 2019
Country
Italy
Sasha Cohen
Mao Asada
Carolina Kostner
Yuna Kim

Current skaters (even though I don't consider Carolina a retired skater yet)
Satoko Miyahara
Mai Mihara
 

Jontor

Medalist
Joined
Jan 18, 2018
Country
Sweden
Ok I'll have a go

Maria Butyrskaya
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Sasha Cohen
Alina Zagitova
Julia Lipnitskaya
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Kaetlyn Osmond
Olga Markova
Denise Biellmann
Kaori Sakamoto
Alena Kostornaia
Anna Shcherbakova
Anastasia Gubanova
Ksenia Sinitsyna
Adelina Sotnikova
Mariah Bell
Irina Slutskaya
Mao Asada
Oksana Baiul
Chen Lu
Wakaba Higuchi
update: Kamila Valieva

and I can't have a list without:
Lucinda Ruh - the mother of all spins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv1yhNvjWO0

There you go...:yahoo:
 

Seruleane

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 11, 2014
Zagitova because of her programs and performances in the olympic season, especially her expressions in Black Swan. Her performances are more subtle than dramatic, but they feel sincere. And that she has both beautiful jumps and spins, when a lot of the time it's one or the other. She also has an amazing story and I love that she remains humble and herself despite all the successes. The personal stories from some of the children (and parents) who meet her are very touching.

But Shcherbakova is the only skater that makes me feel like I'm skating with her. Her musicality is so unique, she feels her programs like no one else. She's probably my favourite even though I don't think her jumps, spins, or skating skills are as good as her compatriots'. Which is strange because she's my favourite skater :confused:.

I agree with everything you said! 👍
 

CarolPooh

Rinkside
Joined
Aug 13, 2019
Yuna Kim

Then (not in order):
Shizuka Arakawa
Mao Asada
Rika Kihira
Evgenia Medvedeva
Kaori Sakamoto
Satoko Miyahara
Alena Kostornaia
Anna Shcherbakova
Marin Honda
Eusoo Lim
 

CanadianSkaterGuy

Record Breaker
Joined
Jan 25, 2013
Michelle Kwan
Midori Ito
Surya Bonaly
Yuka Sato
Irina Slutskaya
Yu Na Kim
Mao Asada
Sasha Cohen
Kaetlyn Osmond
Carolina Kostner
 

grantjarvis

Spectator
Joined
Aug 14, 2019
Liashenko was my favorite since her presence so obviously pissed Dick Button off. I love her just for that.
 

voolfee

On the Ice
Joined
Nov 6, 2014
My all-time favorite ladies skater is Alina Zagitova. It is amazing what she was able to achieve in her 17 years. Alina came to Moscow with her grandmother from Izhevsk at the age of 12, having only 2 triple jumps in her arsenal. But she progressed so rapidly that already at the age of 14 she was carrying out the most complicated programs in the world. And at the age of 15 she won the Olympics with stunning programs, performed with years of mature artistry. And a year later she won the Worlds, overcoming an unbearable year with a negative in media around her name in her own country, with pressure and injuries. This girl with an iron character. And importantly, Alina remained the same kind and sincere person. She has already gone down in history as one of the most successful ladies skaters in history and as the most successful ladies skater in the Russian history. But she doesn't stop there and it is worth a lot.
 

skylark

Gazing at a Glorious Great Lakes sunset
Record Breaker
Joined
Aug 12, 2014
Country
United-States
I can only say Ashley Wagner. It may be because I didn't even know who she was when I saw her at Skate America in 2013. And she drew me in with her ice presence. I could feel that she was a performer first. She reached out to the audience with her desire, her emotions and her expressiveness. Later, I grew to love her spirit, her courage and willingness to speak her truth.

Others who have especially touched my heart, in reverse order, are Rika Kihira, Evgenia Medvedeva, Sasha Cohen, Michelle Kwan, and Nicole Bobek.
 

SkatingWithEdges

Rinkside
Joined
Oct 12, 2019
1 .) Yuna Kim : The Queen of skatings

2.) Kostner : longevity and artistic

3.) Ito : The most jump height ever in the women history

4.) Mao : great rivalry of Yuna

5.) Empty
 

Beckaboomer

Final Flight
Joined
Dec 2, 2018
I think it's interesting to compare the answers when the question is "Who is your favorite" vs. "Who is the best," because those answers can be quite different. When I think of my favorite anything - book, song, movie, etc., it's always something that I come back to over and over. So with skaters it's kind of the same thing. Whose programs moved me? Whose performances can I watch over and over and not get tired of them, even notice small details I may have missed the first few times? So using those criteria my faves would be, in no particular order:

Mao Asada
Evgenia Medvedeva
Yuna Kim
Kaori Sakamoto
Michelle Kwan
Sasha Cohen
 

Jaana

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 27, 2003
Country
Finland
Fleming
Hamill
Witt
Baiul
Butyrskaia
Arakawa
Cohen

Current: Medvedeva and Miyahara
 

Roast Toast

Medalist
Joined
Apr 13, 2017
MAO :luv17: my all-time fave, Michelle, Caro, Satoko.

(you know, when it's laid out like that... maybe my favorite female skater is actually Lori :biggrin:)
 

moonvine

All Hail Queen Gracie
Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 14, 2007
Country
United-States
In case I didn’t answer this already:

1. Gracie
2. Gracie
3. Gracie
 

Sabrina

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 13, 2013
Julia Lipniskaya my favourite overall

In no particular order:

Mao Asada
Sasha Cohen
Denise Bielmann
Katarina Witt
Evgenia Medvedeva
Alina Zagytova

Very special: Lucinda Ruh

Of course, I love Kaetlyn Osmond, Alaine Chartrand...
 
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