Famous Skaters
Nicknamed the “Quadg0d,” this American became the first skater in history to successfully land a quadruple Axel in competition in 2022.
Who is Ilia Malinin?
Of the six basic jumps, this is the only one that takes off while traveling forward.
What is an axel?
Alysa Liu’s 2026 Olympic short program was one of the year's most popular: a soft, dreamy song by this Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter.
What is “Promise” by Laufey?
This Japanese skater won the silver medal in women’s singles, adding to the bronze she won at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Who is Kaori Sakamoto?
These two seniors are the current MDFSC co-presidents for the 2026–27 season. Give their first names only.
Who are Grace and Anika?
Known as the “Russian Rocket,” this Olympic silver medalist returned to international competition this season after giving birth to her son in 2025.
Who is Alexandra/Sasha Trusova?
These are the two disciplines in which two skaters compete together.
What are pairs and ice dance?
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir’s 2018 Olympic free dance was inspired by this famous 2001 film starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.
What is Moulin Rouge!?
This Japanese men's skater defeated Ilia Malinin in the men's short program of the Olympic team event, earning Japan 10 points.
Who is Yuma Kagiyama?
Located behind a metro station, you can walk a few minutes after taking the bus to get to this rink for MDFSC practices.
What is Herbert Wells Ice Rink/Arena?
This four-time Olympian is not only an ice dancer but also designs costumes for herself, her husband and partner, and other figure skaters.
Who is Madison Chock?
In modern competitive figure skating, what does the acronym “IJS” stand for?
What is the International Judging System?
Where the hell have you been loca?!
Aliona Kostornaia’s 2019–20 free skate brought Twilight to the ice with music from this famous supernatural romance film.
What is Twilight?
This American pairs team placed fourth in the Olympic team-event free skate and delivered what was described as a career-best performance when Team USA needed it most.
Who are Ellie Kim and Danny O’Shea?
This event is typically MDFSC’s biggest event of the year and is also our first on-ice event!
What is Break the Ice?
This American woman holds the record for the most U.S. Championships titles in women’s singles, with nine national titles.
Who is Michelle Kwan?
A skater who takes off from the wrong edge on a lutz or flip may receive this technical notation.
What is “e”?
Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson brought the ’90s back to the ice in their 2025–26 rhythm dance, featuring a Union Jack-inspired costume and a medley of hits from this girl group.
Who are the Spice Girls?
This Italian skater performed his Interstellar-themed free skate in the 2026 Olympic Team Event, earning 179.62 points and helping Italy earn a bronze medal in the team event.
Who is Matteo Rizzo?
This was MDFSC’s final conference standing at the end of the 2025–26 season.
What is 9th place?
Only three individual skaters have completed figure skating’s “Super Slam,” winning the Olympics, World Championships, Grand Prix Final, Four Continents or European Championships, World Junior Championships, and Junior Grand Prix Final. Name all three.
Who are Yuna Kim, Yuzuru Hanyu, and Alina Zagitova?
This is the only basic jump in which the skater takes off and lands on the same foot.
What is a loop jump?
Anna Scherbakova’s 2022 Olympic free skate told the story of a famous Russian novel about a pact with the devil.
What is The Master and Margarita?
Name all five 2026 Olympic figure skating gold medalists, including the team event, men’s singles, women’s singles, pairs, and ice dance.
Who are
Team USA (team event)
Mikhail Shaidorov (men’s singles)
Alysa Liu (women’s singles)
Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara (pairs)
Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Guillaume Cizeron (ice dance)
MDFSC is hosting its first freestyle competition this spring semester under this name on these dates.
What is Cherry Blossom Classic, March 5-7, 2027?