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When did figure skating first appear at the Olympic Games?
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Katarina Witt, competing for East Germany, became the first woman since Norway's Sonja Henie (1928, 1932, and 1936) to win consecutive Olympic gold medals, doing so in 1984 and 1988.
Figure skating first appeared at the Olympic Games in 1908 at the London Games. During these Games, competition was held for men, women, and pairs. While skating events were also included in the 1920 Games, it was not until 1924 that the Winter Games were officially inaugurated in Chamonix, France, establishing them as a celebration comparable to the Summer Games.2134