Inline figure skating is

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similar to

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi ...

inline skates Inline skates are boots with wheels arranged in a single line from front to back, allowing one to move in an ice skate-like fashion. Inline skates are technically a type of roller skates, roller skate, but most people associate the term rolle ...

— three or four-wheel frames with a toe-stop, mounted on figure skating boots in rockered configuration. Inline figure skating began as an off-ice training alternative for ice figure skaters. The International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) has recognized it as

artistic roller skating Artistic roller skating is a competitive sport similar to figure skating but where competitors wear roller skates instead of ice skates. Within artistic roller skating, there are several disciplines: * Figures: the individual follows the figu ...

on inline skates and includes inline figure skating freestyle competitions at its world championships.

Types of skaters

;Ice / Inliners :Ice figure skaters who train off-ice on inline figure skates. ;Quad / Inliners :Artistic roller skaters who also skate on inline figure skates.

Organizations

* International Roller Sports Federation * Off-Ice Skating
World Inline Figure Skating Association World Inline Figure Skating Association - WIFSA
The World Inline Figure Skating Association was established in Paris January 30, 2011. The President is Fernand Fedronic. The 8th inline skating Worlds was held in Cork July 5–8, 2018. Teams from France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, United States, Ireland and others competed. The 9th inline skating Worlds was in Fasano, Italy, July 2019. The 10th inline skating Worlds was supposed to be held in

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, Poland on July 5–8, 2020, but was postponed due to

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for September 2021, and held in

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. The 11th inline skating Worlds were held in Toulouse, July 2022. The 12th inline skating Worlds were held in Paris, July 2023. 13th inline skating Worlds were held in Fasano, Italy in 2024. Antonio Panfili from Italy won in senior men category, and Patricia Elisabete Cernikova from Czechia in senior ladies.

References

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