Midori Ito (of Japan) was:- The first woman to land a triple Axel in competition (1988).- The first woman to land a triple Axel in the Olympics (1992).
Tonya Harding.
Brian Boitano was the first American male skater to land a triple axel in competition, at the US Nationals in 1982. Tanya Harding landed the first triple axel by an American female skater at Skate America in 1991.
Axel Johansson - speed skater - was born in 1910.
Axel Johansson - speed skater - died in 1983.
The sport of figure skating has a jump known as a triple axel, not a triple axis.
Canadian skater Vern Taylor was the first to land a triple Axel in competition at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships. Midori Ito was first woman to land a triple axel in competiton at 1988 Aichi Prefecture Championship and then first in a major international competition at the 1989 World Figure Skating Championships I think it is Michelle Kwuan
Axel is a fisst name of Scandinavian origin. It was especially popular in Danemark. It is also in use in France. The skating figure axel is a jump named after the Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen who invented it.
aksel, axel?
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