Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara ...

Among UD-based skaters who excelled at the highest levels were the 1992 Olympic pairs duo of Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval ...

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“The two-time Olympic champion’s pioneering style and award-winning television commentary revolutionized figure skating,” U.S. Figure Skating said. “His legacy will live on foreve ...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - JANUARY 25: Isabeau Levito skates in the Women's Short Program during the U.S. ... [+] Figure Skating Championships ... the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

Richard "Dick" Button was the first man to win two Olympic gold medals in figure skating Lawrence Yee joined PEOPLE in December 2023 as the Senior News Editor, Nights. His work has previously ...

Five years later, the entire American figure skating team ... work on the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, where American Peggy Fleming won the women’s competition.

Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men's figure skater ... Button promoted skating and its athletes, transforming a niche sport into the showpiece of every Winter Olympics.

Button turned professional shortly after the 1952 Games and spent five decades as a figure skating broadcast analyst, including with NBC Olympics at the Winter Games in 2006 and 2010. “It was heaven ...

Button began working as a TV analyst in 1960 with CBS, covering the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, Calif., at a time when figure skating and other winter events had yet to capture the American ...