SALCHOW, ULRICH

born Aug. 7, 1877 died April 19, 1949, Stockholm, Sweden in full Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Swedish figure skater who established a record by winning 10 world championships for men (190105, 190711). At the 1908 Games in London, he won the first Olympic gold medal awarded for men's figure skating. Salchow originated the Salchow jump, a maneuver frequently used in the free-skating division of figure-skating competition. From 1925 to 1937 he served as president of the International Skating Union, and from 1919 to 1932 he was a member of the Swedish amateur boxing committee. In performing the basic Salchow jump, the skater takes off from the rear inside edge of one skate, makes one full turn in the air, and lands on the rear outside edge of the other skate.