The 1999
Skate America
Skate America is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. The first Skate America was in held in 1979 in Lake Placid, New York, as a test event fo ...
was the first event of six in the 1999–2000
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...
, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the
World Arena in
Colorado Springs, Colorado on October 27–31. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...
, and
ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the
1999–2000 Grand Prix Final. The
compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.
Results
Men
Timothy Goebel made history by becoming the first person to land three
quadruple jumps in one program. In the men's free skating, he landed a quad
salchow, a quad
toe loop in combination, and a quad toe loop as a solo jump.
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Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
References
External links
1999 Skate America
{{1999–2000 in figure skating
Skate America, 1999
Skate America