NAME YOUR TOP 10 FAVORITE SKATERS

[FSWer]

Ok everyone,I want you all today to name your top 10 favorite skaters. Mine are....

1= Gracie Gold
2= Ashley Wagner
3= Polina Edmunds
4= Tessa Virtue and Scott Mloir
5= Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje
6= Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume
7= Madison Chock and Evan Bates
8= Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue
9= Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean Luc Baker
and for 10...I'll say...Chistina Carreia and Anthony Ponomarenko

What about you all?

 

[Mad for Skating]

Great idea! I love many skaters, but here are 10 of my favorites, in no particular order:
1. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov
2. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
3. Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot (although I also loved her with Robin)
4. Lubov Ilyushechkina/Dylan Moscovitch
5. Wakaba Higuchi
6. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han
7. Karina Manta/Joe Johnson
8. Madison Chock/Evan Bates
9. Jason Brown
10. Kaori Sakamoto

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

1. Angela Nikodinov
2. Sasha Cohen
3. Michelle Kwan
4. Shizuka Arakawa
5. Mishkutenok & Dmitriev
6. Brasseur & Eisler
7. Drobiazko & Vanagas
8. Nicole Bobek
9. Tonya Harding
10. Tara Lipinski

@Mad for Skating ohhh yeah, Manta & Johnson.. I gotta get them in there...

10.5. Manta & Johnson fo sho!!!!!

 

[nuge]

1 Grishuk/Platov
2.Anissina/Pezerait
3.Sasha Cohen
4.Gordeeva/Grinkov
5.Katerina/Witt
6.Denkova/Staviski
7.Papadakis/Cizeron
8.Davis/White
9.Bourne/Kratz
10.Delobel/Shoenfelder

Not really into the mens but I would pick Hanyu and Brian Joubert.

 

[annbronson]

1. Michelle Kwan
2. Jason Brown
3. Davis & White
4. Brian Boitano
5. Torvill & Dean
6. Shibs
7. Paul Wylie
8. Tai & Randy
9. Brian Joubert
10. Belbin & Agosto

 

[Habs]

1. Kurt Browning
2. Bourne & Kraatz
3. Virtue & Moir
4. Patrick Chan
5. Joannie Rochette
6. Wotzel & Steuer
7. Tanja Szewczenko
8. Hough & Ladret
9. Rahkamo & Kokko
10. Josee Chouinard

 

[miffy]

1. Yagudin
2. Mishkutenok/Dmitriev
3. Joubert
4. Savchenko/Massot
5. Hanyu
6. Anissina/Peizerat
7. Takahashi
8. Kerr/Kerr
9. Lang/Tchernyshev
10. Sandhu

No ladiezzzz

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Im filing an addendum... How could I forgot the stunning queeeennnn, Carolina KOstner....

lets sneak her in at number 4 on my list. So I have 12 then.

1. Angela Nikodinov
2. Sasha Cohen
3. Michelle Kwan
4. Carolina Kostner
5. Shizuka Arakawa
6. Mishkutenok & Dmitriev
7. Brasseur & Eisler
8. Drobiazko & Vanagas
9. Nicole Bobek
10. Tonya Harding
11. Tara Lipinski
12. Manta & Johnson

@Mad for Skating ohhh yeah, Manta & Johnson.. I gotta get them in there...

 

[Spun Silver]

Getting it down to 10 is nuts but if I have to:

Ito
Asada
Kostner
Takahashi
Machida
Shibutanis
Torvill & Dean
Savchenko & Massot
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev
Chen (Nathan)
Shen & Zhao

And: Davis & White, Cohen, Klimova & Ponomarenko

 

[Ananas Astra]

In no order:

• Evgeni Plushenko
• Mikhail Kolyada
• Totmianina/Marinin
• Gordeeva/Grinkov
• Papadakis/Cizeron
• Alexander Abt
• Irina Slutskaya
• Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
• Ilinykh/Katsalapov
• Yuzuru Hanyu

honorable mentions: Jason Brown, Sasha Cohen, Shoma Uno, Volosozhar/Trankov, Julia Lipnitskaya, Brian Joubert, Khokhlova/Novitski, Grishuk/Platov, Shen/Zhao.

 

[mtnskater]

So hard to limit to 10!

Top ten current skaters:

1. Nathan Chen
2. Gracie Gold
3. Jason Brown
4. Hubbell & Donahue
5. Marin Honda
6. Sui & Han
7. Chock & Bates
8. Mariah Bell
9. Shoma Uno
10. Keegan Messing

Top Ten Past Skaters:

1. Kristi Yamaguchi
2. Sasha Cohen
3. Paul Wylie
4. Kurt Browning
5. Caryn Kadavy
6. Brian Boitano
7. John Curry
8. Patrick Chan
9. Nancy Kerrigan
10. Sale & Peltier

 

[skateboy]

Great thread! I'm going to keep my ten favorites to just skaters that are competing right now (way too many from the past!):

In no particular order:
1. Nathan Chen
2. Vincent Zhou
3. Boyang Jin
4. Sota Yamamoto
5. Evgenia Medvedeva
6. Gracie Gold
7. Alysa Liu
8. Tomoki Hiwatashi
9. Shoma Uno
10. Alena Kostornaia

 

[Messalina]

1. Michelle Kwan
2. Maria Butyrskaya
3. Alena Kostornaia
4. Kaetlyn Osmond
5. Hanyu
6. Kaori Sakamoto
7. Wakaba Higuchi
8. Savchenko & Massot
9. Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
10. Yagudin
11. Papadakis/Cizeron
12. Drobiazko/Vanagas
13. Satoko Miyahara
14. Shen & Zhao

I tried to cut it down to 10, I tried ...

 

[DreamSkates]

Kwan #1 always and forever. After her, in no particular order:
Alexi Yagudin
Kurt Browning
Gordeeva/Grinkov
Klimova/Ponomorenko
Shib Sibs
Paul Wylie
Shen & Zhou
Yuka Sato
Mao Asada
I have unfortunately run out of room for more.

 

[falling_dance]

Shizuka Arakawa
Mao Asada
Patrick Chan
John Curry
Peggy Fleming
Midori Ito
Michelle Kwan
Kaori Sakamoto
Yuka Sato
Daisuke Takahashi

 

[dramagrrl]

Going to see if I can actually narrow it to ten. These are probably the ten I gave most of my emotional energy to over the years:

Bourne & Kraatz
Kurt Browning
Virtue & Moir
Michelle Kwan
Shen & Zhao
Patrick Chan
Brasseur & Eisler
Kristi Yamaguchi
Emanuel Sandhu
TIE: I get to cheat this one because I loved Belbin & Agosto intensely in their early years and then not as much in their later years, and I loved Aliona Savchenko with both partners, but mostly just because she was QUEEN ALIONA

Would have been on the list but didn't last long enough to really know: Silverstein & Pekarek, Crone & Poirier, Seguin & Bilodeau

If I was doing only skaters that are currently competing, I don't think I could even get to ten right now, but these are my current faves in no particular order:

Sui & Han
Lajoie & Lagha
Soucisse & Firus
Nam Nguyen
Papadakis & Cizeron
Bronsard & Bouaraguia
Rika Kihira
Kaiya Ruiter

 

[paskatefan]

This is so hard to narrow it down to 10 (in no particular order, but I'm most particularly fond of the men)!

Brian Orser
Kurt Browning
Todd Eldredge
Paul Wylie
Javi Fernandez
Midori Ito
Satoko Miyahara
Shen & Zhao
Davis & White
Gordeeva & Grinkov

 

[kwanfan1818]

Not in order:

Klimova/Ponomarenko
Usova/Zhulin
Torvill/Dean
Rahkamo/Kokko
Delobel/Schoenfelder
John Curry
Patrick Chan
Janet Lynn
Shizuka Arakawa
Gordeeva/Grinkov

 

[Finnice]

In no order
Anissina/Peizerat
Carolina Kostner
Stephane Lambiel
Volosozhar/Trankov
Aliona Savchenko with both Robin and Bruno
Denkova/Staviski
Viktor Petrenko
Andrejs Vlacenko
Kerr/Kerr
Papadakis/Ciceron

 

[RoseAugust]

Michelle Kwan
Robin Cousins
Kurt Browning
Alexi Yagudin
Patrick Chan
Nathan Chen
Gordeeva/Grinkov
Shen & Zhao
Sui & Han
Shibs

 

[Aerobicidal]

Khokhlova/Novitski
Anissina/Peizerat
Mysliveckova/Novak
Savchenko/anyone
Akiko Suzuki
Daisuke Takahashi
Rahkamo/Kokko
Tonya Harding
Midori Ito
Satoko Miyahara

 

[Vash01]

So hard to limit to 10!

Top ten current skaters:

Top Ten Past

I like this idea (so I can list 20 instead of 10 )

Top 10 current skaters:

1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Tarasova Morozov
3. Alexandra Trusova
4. Liza Tuktamysheva
5.Papadakis Cizeron
6.Evgenia Medvedeva
7.Shoma Uno
8. Boikova Kozlowski
9. Alena Kostornaya
10. Ryom Kim

Top 10 Past skaters

1. Midori Ito
2. Berezhnaya Sikharulidze
3. Gordeeva Grinkov
4. Mishutenok Dmitriev
5. Klimova Ponomarenko
6. Irina Slutskaya
7. Paul Wylie
8. Plushenko
9. Yagudin
10. Michelle Kwan

 

[whiteskates]

In no particular order:

Stephane Lambiel
Victor Petrenko
Yuzuro Hanyu
Alexander Abt
Mishkutenok/Dmitriev
Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
Aliona Savchenko with both partners
Anissina/Peizerat
Denkova/Stavisky
Maria Butyrskaya

and many more...

 

[LoopCombo]

My 10 favorite skaters:

Evgenia Medvedeva
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Daisuke Takahashi
Yuzuru Hanyu
Stephane Lambiel
Evgeni Plushenko
Katerina Witt
Carolina Kostner
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov
Isabelle and Paul Duscheney

Also, Oksana Baiul. I have 11 all-time favorites.

 

[CoolGuy]

---Definite top Favorites---

1. Michelle Kwan
2. Paul Wylie
3. Ilia Kulik

---Other Favorite Skaters---

4. Todd Eldredge
5. Surya Bonaly
6. Brian Joubert
7. Shen & Zhao
8. Nathan Chen
9. Matt Savoie
10. Midori Ito

There are so many skaters that I could easily switch out for places 4-10, so my top 10 will change depending on the month and/or mood. Only the top 3 are set in stone.

 

[Jaana]

In no particular order:

John Curry
Ilia Kulik
Alexei Urmanov
Javier Fernandez
Anissina & Peizerat
Rodnina & her both partners
Shen & Zhao
Kilius & Baumler
Shizuka Arakawa
Sasha Cohen

 

[Flip Jump]

1. Dorothy Hamill
2. Kristi Yamaguchi
3. Paul Wylie
4. Jason Brown
5. Caryn Kadavy
6. Davis & White
7. Alyssa Liu
8. Michelle Kwan
9. Rika Kihara
10. Shib Sibs
Honorable Mention Alissa Czisny & Seguin & Bilodeau

 

[meggonzo]

Tonya Harding
Michelle Kwan
Johnny Weir
Midori Ito
Christopher Bowman
Kaori Sakamoto
Gabby Daleman
Alexei Yagudin
Sui & Han
Daisuke Takahashi

 

[moebius]

Gordeeva/Grinkov
Grishuk/Platov
Klimova/Ponomarenko
Usova/Zhulin
Dmitriev/MIshkutenok
llia Kulik
Oksana Baiul
Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
Stephane Lambiel
Papadakis/Cizeron

 

[Lipinski boy]

Here’s my list (forgive me if I’m a bit old school):

1. Tara Lipinski
2. Michelle Kwan
3. Scott Hamilton
4. Todd Eldredge
5. Alexei Yagudin
6. Sarah Hughes
7. Peggy Fleming
8. Dick Button
9. Alysa Liu
10.Nathan Chen