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- By age 18, he became the youngest man to win Olympic gold in 1948, setting a record that remains as of 2022. His innovation on the ice was further exemplified by landing the first double Axel at the 1948 Olympics and the first triple loop at the 1952 Winter Olympics.
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He became the third male figure skater to win two Olympic gold medals after Gillis Grafström and Karl Schäfer. He was the last man to defend his Olympic title in figure skating until Yuzuru Hanyu won his second Olympic gold in 2018.
Despite a high probability of winning the competition with the safe programme, Dick decided to attempt a triple look. No skater had ever performed a triple jump in competition before him. Once again, Button hit his innovative jump perfectly with the judges unanimously voting him the winner.
Mar 1, 2021 · While Button, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic champion, was dominating and revolutionizing his sport, he was also setting the stage for an unprecedented achievement in 1956: The only Olympic podium sweep in figure skating history.
Dick Button won the U.S. men’s title from 1946 through 1952, the world title from 1948 until 1952, and two Olympic gold medals. In 1948 he became the first American to win the European championship, and it was promptly changed to a closed event.
Feb 16, 2010 · But Dick Button the skater gets no mercy from Dick Button the analyst. "Technically and stylistically, that program sucks," Button says of his 1948 gold medal performance at the St. Moritz...
- Howard Berkes
American figure skater. R anked as one of the greatest figure skaters of all time—perhaps second only to Sonja Henie in terms of his impact on the sport—Dick Button remains an influential force on the contemporary scene more than fifty years after he won his second of two Olympic Gold Medals.
It was the first time the jump had been completed in competition and it helped Button win the gold medal. In doing so, he became the first American to claim the men's title at the Olympic Games. Entering Harvard University in 1948, Button continued to reign as men's U.S. champion while he completed his bachelor's degree, which he received in 1952.
