Button won gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics.
Figure Skating
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His champion skaters included Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek.
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He and his wife, Ludmila, continued to skate at exhibitions well into their 70s.
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She skated alongside her future husband, Mitchell Islam.
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He and his partner won five consecutive World Championships.
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Famous people who died this day in history…
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Alexandrovskaya was a figure skater who left her native Russia to compete for Australia in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
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Figure skating might not be the arena-filling phenomenon it has remained for decades were it not for a 5-foot-3-inch Norwegian….