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Also Known As Richard Totten Button
Born July 18, 1929 • Englewood • New Jersey
Died January 30, 2025 (aged 95) • New York
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games

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Figure skater Dick Button performs a stag jump on an outdoor ice rink in Oslo, wearing a patterned sweater and dark pants, with bleachers and buildings in the background.
Barbara Scott and Dick Button
Figure skater Ilia Malinin in a dramatic jump, wearing a black and gold costume, is spotlighted against a purple ice rink background with colorful silhouettes showing stages of his movement.
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Scott, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann Scott
Canadian figure skater
Alysa Liu of the USA performs a spin in a gold costume during the women's single free skating final at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Alysa Liu
American figure skater
“Raspberry twist”
Ilia Malinin
American figure skater
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American figure skater
Tara Lipinski smiles at the camera, wearing a sleeveless black and white top with her long blonde hair loose over her shoulders.
Tara Lipinski
American figure skater
Historic champion
Kristi Yamaguchi
American figure skater
A gold medalist
Brian Boitano
American figure skater
Peggy Fleming, 2011
Peggy Fleming
American figure skater
American figure skater Tenley Albright, 1956.
Tenley Albright
American figure skater
Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie
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Carol Heiss
American figure skater
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Hayes Alan Jenkins
American figure skater
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David Jenkins
American figure skater
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Christopher Dean
English figure skater
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Oleg Protopopov
Russian figure skater
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Yekaterina Gordeeva
Russian figure skater
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Jayne Torvill
English figure skater
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Lyudmila Belousova
Russian figure skater
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Andrée Brunet
French figure skater
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Pierre Brunet
French figure skater

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