About U.S. Figure Skating
Figure Skating By The Numbers
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport
of figure skating in the United States. U.S. Figure Skating is
a member of the International Skating Union (ISU), the international federation for figure skating and the U.S. Olympic
Committee (USOC).
18 Consecutive Olympic Winter Games at which at least one
U.S. figure skater has won a medal, dating back to 1948,
when Dick Button won his first Olympic gold
25 International gold medals won by Team USA during the
2013-14 season (all levels)
U.S. Figure Skating is comprised of member clubs, collegiate
clubs, school-affiliated clubs, individual members, Friends of
Figure Skating and Basic Skills programs.
30+ U.S. qualifying and international competitions available on a
subscription basis on icenetwork
There were seven charter member clubs in 1921 when the association was formed and first became a member of the ISU. To
date, U.S. Figure Skating has more than 680 member, schoolaffiliated and collegiate clubs.
53 World titles won by U.S. skaters
77 International medals won by Team USA during the 2013-14
season (all levels)
U.S. Figure Skating is one of the strongest
and largest governing bodies in the Olympic movement
with over 170,000 members in more than 680 member
clubs, collegiate clubs and school-affiliated clubs, and
more than 950 registered
Basic Skills programs.
92 Number of athletes making up the A, B, C, D team envelopes
187 World Championships medals won by the United States
(more than any other country)
274 U.S. Synchronized Team athletes for the 2013-14 season
The U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program was created in
1968 to serve the needs of both the recreational and competitive skater. During the 2013-14 season, Basic Skills welcomed
57 new skating schools.
U.S. Figure Skating’s national headquarters — located in
Colorado Springs, Colo. — is also home to the World Figure
Skating Museum & Hall of Fame, which is toured by more than
3,000 visitors annually.
More than 550 volunteers filling more than 1,000 positions
serve on U.S. Figure Skating’s Board of Directors and numerous
committees. Thousands of other volunteers dedicate their time
to club activities, judging, officiating and competition management.
Member
International
Skating Union
Member
United States
Olympic Committee
389 Competitors at the 2014 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating
Championships in Boston
2,400+ Credentials issued at the 2014 U.S. Championships (media,
coaches, officials, skaters)
$116,500 Amount that will be awarded to U.S. Figure Skating athletes
from the organization’s bonus program in 2014-15
130,000 Approximate readership of SKATING magazine
170,000 U.S. Figure Skating members during the 2013-14 season
$11.8 Amount spent annually on direct and indirect athlete funding
million and assistance, sending athletes to international competitions,
athlete programs, collegiate skating programs, synchronized
skating programs and performance bonuses
178 Total American viewers (nearly three-quarters of all
million Americans) of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games on the
networks of NBCUniversal
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membership
U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program
U.S. Figure Skating
Membership Profile
The U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program is designed to be the best beginning ice skating
program in the United States. Fun, challenging and rewarding, this program serves the needs
of both recreational and competitive skaters.
Female members
Ages 0-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33%
The curriculum is designed to keep skaters enthusiastic about learning from the time
they begin lessons until they reach their goals. There are approximately 113,000
skaters registered in more than 950 programs across the country. Since its inception,
program instructors have taught more than 2 million people how to skate.
Ages 13-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Ages 19-49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
50+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%
Objectives of the program are:
Females make up 72%
of the membership
• To provide a fun and safe skating experience for all skaters
Male members
• To teach correct technique of the basic elements
Ages 0-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
• To develop coordination and balance
Ages 13-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1%
• To promote physical fitness
Ages 19-49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2%
• To have fun
50+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1%
Males make up 24%
of the membership
The Basic Skills Program has taught more than
2 million people how to skate since 1968
Did not declare gender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4%
Overall membership by age
Ages 0-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%
210
Ages 19-25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%
90
Ages 13-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14%
170,658
165,000
173,000
180,000
176,000
170,000
Ages 26-50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
178,500
158,000
172,000
173,000
167,000
145,500
139,000
120
145,000
30
13-14
12-13
11-12
10-11
09–10
08–09
07–08
06–07
05–06
04–05
03–04
02–03
01–02
00–01
99–00
0
97–98
Ages 51+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%
Age unknown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
• 1991-92 marked the first year total
membership topped 100,000
• 2005-06 marked the first year total
membership topped 175,000
60
98–99
Members (Thousands)
150
156,000
180
185,000
Ages 7-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36%
196,338
U.S. Figure Skating Membership
There are more than 170,000 members in
more than 680 member clubs, collegiate clubs
and school-affiliated clubs, and more than
950 registered Basic Skills programs.
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collegiate and
synchronized skating
Collegiate Figure Skating
Synchronized Skating
The U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships, founded
in 1985, is the longest-running of all the collegiate programs. Every summer, junior- and senior-level skaters from
around the country compete at this event. It is the only individual competition open solely to full-time college students.
Synchronized skating is a highly technical form of team skating characterized by speed,
accuracy, intricate formations and breathtaking transitions performed by teams of 8-20
skaters. Currently, 574 teams are registered with U.S. Figure Skating, with about 5,000
athletes participating annually in sectional championships.
The 2014 U.S. Collegiate Championships were held Aug.
14-16 in Rochester, Mich., just outside Detroit. Recent
events have attracted skaters from 23 states and 45 colleges. Previous locations include South Dennis, Mass.; Sun
Valley, Idaho; Ardmore, Pa.; Arvada, Colo.; Oxford, Ohio;
Anaheim, Calif.; Honolulu; and Lake Placid, N.Y.
Intercollegiate Team
Figure Skating
Intercollegiate team figure skating is the fastest-growing
segment of collegiate figure skating.
Team skating competitions first began in 1976 in Ann Arbor, Mich. In 1984, 38 teams
competed at what was then called the U.S. Precision Championships.
• In 2000, Minneapolis hosted the first ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships.
• In 2003, more than 100 teams competed at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships.
• In 2013, the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships came back to the United
States for the third time, taking place in Boston. The Haydenettes of Lexington, Mass.,
won their fourth consecutive World bronze medal in Boston.
Synchronized skating provides figure skaters - who usually perform independently - the
opportunity to participate in a team sport. It also gives more skaters a chance to compete
at the sectional and national levels. Teams compete in nonqualifying events as well as
qualifying events that culminate with the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships.
Intercollegiate team figure skating is a series of competitions governed by the U.S. Figure Skating Collegiate
Program Committee that allows head-to-head competition
in singles, team maneuvers, solo dance and synchronized
skating among collegiate and intercollegiate figure skating clubs.
Each year, U.S. Figure Skating selects approximately 14 teams with 20 athletes per
team to represent the United States at select international competitions, the World Junior
Synchronized Skating Championships and the World Synchronized Skating Championships.
The 2015 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships will be held Feb. 25-28 in Providence,
R.I.
The first intercollegiate competitions were held in 1997 and
lasted only a few hours; now they’re held over multiple
days. More than 100 intercollegiate teams registered with
U.S. Figure Skating with more than 65 colleges and universities participating in the intercollegiate team competition
structure last season.
The 2014 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships and all three
synchronized sectional championships were streamed live
on icenetwork.
The 15th U.S. Intercollegiate Championships were held in
April 2014 in Adrian, Mich.
How it Works: Skaters represent their
colleges, and those who place in the top
five in their individual event earn team
points for their schools. At the end of the
event, colleges are ranked according to the
total number of points their skaters earn.
Collegiate Synchronized Skating
As recently as 1998, there were only four collegiate synchronized skating teams in
the country. In 2014, 32 colleges were represented in U.S. Figure Skating qualifying
competitions.
Teams representing colleges are also eligible to compete at the senior and junior levels.
Miami University has been the U.S. champion at the senior level three times (1999, 2006
and ’09). In 2007, Miami University won the silver medal at the World Synchronized
Skating Championships — the highest placement and first World medal for any U.S.
synchronized skating team.
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funding
U.S. Figure Skating
Memorial Fund
On Feb. 15, 1961, a plane crash in Belgium took the lives of
the entire U.S. World Figure Skating Team, which included athletes, officials, coaches, family and friends who were on their
way to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague,
Czechoslovakia.
Rather than erecting a monument to memorialize the 1961
World Team, U.S. Figure Skating created the Memorial Fund
as a living endowment to assist skaters in reaching their highest potential. For more than 50 years, the Memorial Fund has
paid tribute to the fine character of that team by soliciting
contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations,
and has used those funds in the form of financial assistance to
aspiring skaters.
The Memorial Fund supports three programs: the Competitive
Skaters Assistance Program (CSAP), the Academic Scholarship
Program (ASP) and the RISE Youth Essay Contest. From these
programs, qualified skaters receive support to help defray
their training and college expenses. In 2013, more than
150 skaters receive financial assistance totaling more than
$350,000 from the Memorial Fund.
Since 1993, the Memorial Fund has awarded nearly $4 million
in funds to qualified athletes.
For more information on the Memorial Fund
and how to contribute, please visit
www.1961memorialfund.com.
Athlete Funding
Of U.S. Figure Skating’s estimated annual budget of $14 million, more than $11.8
million will be put toward athlete funding and assistance in 2014-15, sending athletes
to international competitions, athlete programs, synchronized skating programs and
performance bonuses. This number represents more than 85.1 percent of the organization’s total budget, which underscores the commitment U.S. Figure Skating has to
its athletes.
Throughout the 2014-15 season, U.S. Figure Skating will directly distribute more than
$1 million to its athletes through training grants and financial assistance. The funding
— distributed through the Athlete Support Program (ASUPP), the Synchronized Team
Envelope Funding (STEF), the U.S. Figure Skating bonus program and the U.S. Figure
Skating Memorial Fund — reaches novice, junior and senior skaters.
Funding from the Athlete Support Program and Synchronized Team Envelope Fund will
assist more than 230 U.S. figure skaters and synchronized skaters who were selected
to the 2014-15 team envelope.
The U.S. Figure Skating Team Envelope system has been established to identify top figure skaters throughout the United States. Athletes are selected to one of five envelopes
— Team A, Team B, Team C, Team D (developmental) and Reserve Team — based
on their competition placements from last season. The five-level system serves as a
guideline when determining funding levels and privileges.
Of the money set aside for athletes, more than $1 million is used for team travel,
international housing and competition expenses. U.S. Figure Skating will send approximately 500 athletes to more than 30 international figure skating and synchronized
skating competitions during the 2014-15 season.
U.S. Figure Skating and the Program Development Committee select the annual
Scholastic Honors Team. The Scholastic Honors Team is a program designed to provide
recognition and scholarships to high school-age U.S. Figure Skating members who have
distinguished themselves in figure skating and high school academics. Honorees receive
a $2500 personal award and an additional $1000 for a charity of their choice.
Finance
The mission of U.S. Figure Skating is advanced and supported by an estimated annual
budget of $14 million. Revenue sources include U.S. Figure Skating and Basic Skills
memberships, charitable gifts to the Memorial Fund and other select programs, the U.S.
Figure Skating Foundation, corporate sponsorships and publications.
In addition, the U.S. Olympic Committee supports U.S. Figure Skating athletes through
high performance funding programs and Operation Gold.
To learn how you can support U.S. Figure Skating’s mission, contact Emma Repp, coordinator, giving programs, at 719.635.5200 or erepp@usfigureskating.org.
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information
SKATING Magazine
icenetwork
SKATING is the official publication of U.S. Figure Skating and
is considered one of the premier figure skating magazines
in the world. SKATING is a three-time recipient of the Edi
Award for Skating Publication of the Year, awarded by the
Professional Skaters Association (PSA).
U.S. Figure Skating and MLB Advanced Media,
LP (MLBAM), the interactive media
and Internet company of
Major League Baseball,
joined forces in 2007 to create icenetwork.com. The multiyear arrangement assigns all of
U.S. Figure Skating’s interactive
media rights to icenetwork.com.
In its 91st year, SKATING boasts a subscription list of more
than 43,000 and a readership of approximately 130,000.
The magazine, which is published 10 times per year, is a
full-color, newsstand-quality publication available to all U.S.
Figure Skating members and subscribers.
In October 2008, U.S. Figure Skating launched the Basic
Skills Edition of SKATING. This one-time-a-year publication
is mailed to U.S. Figure Skating’s 100,000-plus Basic Skills
members as part of their Basic Skills membership.
SKATING is also available through the U.S. Figure Skating
Publications App.
In 2013, U.S. Figure Skating launched the SKATING magazine
Archive. The archive, a tool for the organization’s 170,000
members, is a fully searchable digital database that allows
users to access every story and photo published in the magazine since the inaugural December 1923 edition.
For more information or to subscribe, visit usfigureskatingmagazine.com.
For additional SKATING magazine
content, visit skatingmagazineblog.com.
Annual SKATING magazine
subscriptions are available for
$32.50 within the United States.
Canadian ($42.50)
and foreign ($52.50)
subscriptions are also
available.
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Icenetwork.com was unveiled in
August 2007, with news, video,
photo galleries, athlete bios, schedules, results and more. All news,
athlete information and fan-oriented
material previously found on usfigureskating.org.
Subscribers to icenetwork receive
exclusive access to video from domestic and international events, including
every phase of the 2015 U.S. qualifying
season, the 2014 ISU Grand Prix Series, ISU championship events and an assortment of
professional skating shows. Fans have the opportunity to watch the 2015 Prudential U.S.
Figure Skating Championships in their entirety through icenetwork and coverage on NBC
Sports and Universal Sports.
U.S. Figure Skating
Online
U.S. Figure Skating Online (www.usfigureskating.org) is the official website of U.S. Figure
Skating. Its purpose is to provide information
to U.S. Figure Skating’s members, athletes,
coaches, judges and officials.
Visitors can join U.S. Figure Skating’s Friends of
Figure Skating, subscribe to SKATING magazine
and donate to the Memorial Fund.
Publications app
In January 2013, U.S. Figure Skating released the U.S. Figure Skating Publications
Application. The app, developed by Quad/Graphics, features a collection of publications
including SKATING magazine, event programs, the U.S. Figure Skating rulebook, U.S. Figure
Skating media guide and more.
The app is free to download. However, some publications will require a purchase, subscription or U.S. Figure Skating membership to access. To download the app, go to iTunes or the
Google Play Store and search “U.S. Figure Skating.”
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fan profile
30
40%
SOCIAL MEDIA
32%
20
15
PRINT
10
OTHER
5
0
Number of Figure Skating
Events Attended/Watched
Last Year (Avg.)
3
FANATIC AVID FAN MODERATE CASUAL
FAN
FAN
in person
5
3%
15%
18%
25
TV
Gender
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84%
Maritial Status
Single. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34%
Married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57%
Divorced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
35
INTERNET
18%
Fan Avidity
22%
5%
40
38%
Age
18-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13%
25-34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%
35-44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%
45-54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
55-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18%
65+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Primary Figure Skating
Source
20%
Demographics
NOT A
FAN
on tv
Follow Figure
Skating
Household Income
Under $25K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%
$25K-$49K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
$50-$74K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17%
$75K-$99K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
$100K-$149K. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%
$150K-$199K. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13%
$200K+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19%
Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $134K
Median . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $110K
79% During Olympics
74% During Non-Olympic Years
47% Non-Competitive
27% Lower-Levels
(children/junior/college)
Education
High School or Less. . . . . . . . . 10%
Associate’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
Bachelor’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41%
Master’s or Higher. . . . . . . . . . 39%
Ethinicity
Caucasian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84%
Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%
Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3%
African American. . . . . . . . . . . . 3%
Native American. . . . . . . . . . . . 1%
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3%
Onsite survey responses were collected
via mobile devices at the
2014 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating
Championships (Jan. 11-12, 2014) in
Boston. A total of 819 surveys were
completed. A detailed follow-up online
survey was sent to onsite attendees which
provided a valid email address. A total
of 189 surveys were completed from Jan.
17-23, 2014. (Research conducted by
Turnkey Intelligence)
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FIGURE SKATING ON AIR
2014-15 NBC BROADCAST Schedule
(Schedule subject to change/All times Eastern/Check
local listings)
2014 ISU GRAND PRIX OF
FIGURE SKATING SERIES
2014 Hilton HHonors Skate America
Oct. 26, 2014 4-6 p.m.
NBC (LIVE)
2014 Skate Canada International
Nov. 2, 2014
1-2:30 p.m.
NBC
2014 Cup of China
Nov. 9, 2014
4-6 p.m.
NBC
2014 Rostelecom Cup (Russia)
Nov. 16, 2014 4-6 p.m.
NBC
2014 Trophée Eric Bompard (France)
Nov. 23, 2014 4-6 p.m.
NBC
2014 NHK Trophy (Japan)
Nov. 30, 2014 4-6 p.m.
NBC
Television Coverage of
Figure Skating at the Olympics
Figure skating has arguably the highest visibility of any winter Olympic sport, consistently receiving
more primetime broadcast hours than any other sport in national and Olympic television programming.
During the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, the 11 days of figure skating competition were
broadcast in primetime. On average, NBC’s primetime broadcast averaged 21.4 million viewers with a
12.3 household rating/20 share.
The 1994 Olympic Winter Games figure skating broadcasts are the highest-rated winter Olympic
television programming of all time. The ladies short program from Lillehammer, Norway, had the sixthhighest rating in television history (48.5) and was the third largest of all time for a sporting event, placing behind Super Bowl XVI and Super Bowl XVII.
Through 18 nights of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, NBC Olympics’ coverage was the top-rated program. The Games generated record-setting advantages of 45 percent in viewers, 32 percent in household rating and 51 percent in adults 18-49 over the combined primetime totals of ABC, CBS and FOX.
2014 Grand Prix Final (Barcelona, Spain)
Dec. 21, 2014 4-6 p.m.
NBC
• NBC’s unprecedented coverage of the 2014 Sochi Games attracted 178 million viewers, meaning
three of every four U.S. television households tuned in to some portion of the Games.
2015 PRUDENTIAL U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
• The Feb. 17 primetime broadcast featuring Meryl Davis and Charlie White winning America’s first ice
dance Olympic gold medal averaged 23.5 million viewers and a 13.8 household rating/21 share.
This resulted in respective 29 percent and 18 percent advantages over the combined primetime
viewership and household rating of ABC, CBS and FOX.
Jan. 24, 2015
Jan. 24, 2015
Jan. 25, 2015
3-6 p.m.
8-11 p.m.
4-6 p.m.
NBC (LIVE)
NBC (LIVE)
NBC (LIVE)
2015 Smucker’s Skating Spectacular
Jan. 31, 2015 2:30-4 p.m. ET
NBC
2015 European Championships
Feb. 7, 2015
4–6 p.m. ET
NBC
2015 Four Continents Championships
Feb. 21, 2015 3-4:30 p.m. ET
NBC
2015 World Championships
March 28, 2015 8-10 p.m. ET
April 12, 2015 3-6 p.m. ET
NBC
NBC
• A winter Olympics-record 10.8 million hours of video were consumed on NBC Olympics’ digital
platforms with NBC Sports Group’s digital platforms amassing a Winter Games record 62 million
unique users.
In terms of the most recent Olympics, the 2012 Olympic Games in London, NBC finished with a 17.5
rating and 31.1 million viewers for its 17 nights of taped coverage, making this the best audience for
the Summer Games since the 1996 Atlanta Games. In terms of total viewership across NBC properties,
the Games drew 219.4 million viewers, setting a record for a U.S. television event. London also marked
NBC’s best Olympics in terms of margin of victory over the other three major broadcast TV networks
(dating back the 1988 Calgary Winter Games).
(Sources: NBC Olympics; The Nielsen Company)
Figure Skating on NBC sports and beyond
and guarantees live coverage of ISU events, including the World Figure Skating
Championships, the Four Continents Championships and the Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Series, as well as television coverage on NBC, NBC Sports Network and Universal Sports.
In January 2013, U.S. Figure Skating announced two major media rights agreements that
guarantee unprecedented coverage of figure skating in the United States through the
2018 Olympic season. The first was a four-year extension of its broadcast rights agreement with NBC and the second was icenetwork’s acquisition of all U.S. media rights for
International Skating Union (ISU) events through the 2017-18 season.
Approximately 20 hours of icenetwork’s ISU figure skating rights will be shown on NBC
annually, including the World Championships in primetime during non-Olympic years, and
the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series. Universal Sports will continue to expand its
coverage of all ISU events, including the World Championships, European Championships,
Four Continents Championships, Grand Prix Series and select speedskating competitions.
Through 2018, NBC Sports will broadcast a minimum of 11 hours of live domestic event
coverage, including Skate America and the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. For the
2014-15 season, the network will present two hours from 2014 Hilton HHonors Skate
America and eight hours of the 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships,
with two hours in primetime, and two hours of the 2015 Smucker’s Skating Spectacular.
Universal Sports will also offer re-airs of NBC Sports coverage.
Icenetwork’s acquisition of ISU event rights was made possible through the cooperative
efforts of U.S. Figure Skating, MLBAM, NBC, NBC Sports Network, Universal Sports and
Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment, U.S. Figure Skating’s sponsorship sales agency
partner since 2008.
The ISU agreement with icenetwork - a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Figure Skating,
operated by MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) - covers multiple distribution platforms
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events and more
U.S. Figure Skating Events
More than 1,300 events, including shows, exhibitions and competitions, are sanctioned by U.S.
Figure Skating each year.
The nine regional competitions, followed by three
sectional competitions, begin the pipeline of U.S.
Figure Skating’s qualifying competitions, which
lead top athletes to U.S., World and Olympic
levels. In the past nine years, more than 20,000
figure skaters have competed at the regional level.
In addition to the many club, regional and sectional
competitions, U.S. Figure Skating conducts the U.S.
Figure Skating Championships and Skate America.
Skate America is the first of six prestigious events
included in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Series.
The U.S. Championships are the premier domestic
event conducted each year by U.S. Figure Skating.
The competition features more than 370 skaters
vying for national titles in five divisions (senior,
junior, novice, intermediate and juvenile).
The U.S. Championships are typically held for nine
days in January. Bidding to become the event’s
host city takes place two to three years in advance
of the event and bidding for other U.S. Figure
Skating qualifying competitions takes place two
years in advance. Clubs vying for any event must
meet event requirements and venue specifications
to be eligible.
icenetwork Video Schedule
Schedule is subject to change and may be subject to blackout restrictions.
The 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships,
held at Spokane Arena in Spokane, Wash., produced a record attendance of 158,170 spectators
throughout the week. The sellout crowds beat the
previous record set at the 2007 State Farm U.S.
Figure Skating Championships held at Spokane
Arena by approximately 25,000 tickets sold.
The U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships
debuted in 1995 with 421 entries. The 2014 U.S.
Adult Championships were held in Hyannis, Mass.,
and featured more than 450 skaters competing in
100 events.
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* Portions blacked out due to live broadcast on NBC Sports
2014 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. . . Sept. 10-14
2014 Skate Canada International. . . . . . . . . Oct. 31-Nov. 2
2015 Midwestern Synchronized Sectional. . . . . . . Jan. 29-31
2014 U.S. Novice and Junior Challenge Skate . . Sept. 10-14
2014 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 7-9
2015 Pacific Coast Synchronized Sectional. . . . . . . . Jan. 29-31
2015 Northwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 5-8
2014 Rostelecom Cup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 14-16
2015 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 9-15
2015 Upper Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 5-8
2015 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 19-23
2015 U.S. Synchronized Championships. . . . . . . . Feb. 25-28
2015 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 5-8
2015 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 19-23
2015 World Junior Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2-8
2015 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 11-14
2015 Pacific Coast Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 19-23
2015 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 23-29
2015 Eastern Great Lakes Regional . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 11-14
2014 Trophée Eric Bompard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 21-23
2015 World Synchronized Championships. . . . . . April 10-11
2015 North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 11-14
2014 NHK Trophy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 28-30
2015 World Team Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 16-19
2015 New England Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 18-21
2014 Grand Prix Final (Junior & Senior). . . . . . . Dec. 11-14
2015 Southwestern Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 18-21
2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships. . Jan. 18-25*
(NOTE: The above is the 2014-15 competition schedule.
2015 Central Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 18-21
2015 European Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 26-Feb. 1
Visit www.icenetwork.com for a full competition, exhibition and
2014 Hilton HHonors Skate America. . . . . . . . . . Oct. 24-26*
2015 Eastern Synchronized Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 22-24
show schedule.)
U.S. Figure Skating Board of Directors
Saumel Auxier, President
Pilar Bosley, Athlete Member
Doug Williams, Athlete Services Group Coordinator
Kathaleen Cutone, First Vice President (Eastern)
Amanda Evora, Athlete Member
Hal Marron, Second Vice President (Pacific Coast)
Erika Hoffman, Athlete Member
Edward Mann, Membership Development Group
Coordinator
Lainie DeMore, Third Vice President (Midwestern)
Derrick Delmore, Athlete Member
Heather Nemier, Secretary
Karen Kwan-Oppegard, Coaching Member
Bob Anderson, Treasurer
Benjamin Miller Reisman, Coaching Member
Lynn Goldman, Technical Group Coordinator
Gretchen Bonnie, Administrative/Legal Group
Coordinator
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