Figure Skating Stories

Get figure skating fiction in small doses. Read these special selections from Private Ice's archive of figure skating short stories, humor, and poetry.

Kira and Daffyd chatted 'til dawn, LOLed over RSSIF, became friends, and fell in love—over ICQ. But can their budding romance survive a meeting IRL—in real life?

I Seek You—A Short Story, Kira and Daffyd chatted 'til dawn, LOLed over RSSIF, became friends, and fell in love--over ICQ. But can their budding romance survive a meeting IRL--in real life?

In a tender story of two hesitent hearts, M.E. Tyler author of On the Edge, explores the disconnect between who we are online and who we seem to be in reality.

The Christmas Gift—A Short Story

The search for a champion has consumed the cold autumn of Roberto's life. Yet vibrant young Anna has awakened his heart. It's his last chance for love.

Will Roberto make the ultimate sacrifice for Anna's happiness? Will it bring him his heart's desire?

Sometime before On the Edge the Serial, a wounded old man meets a little Russian girl who loves to skate.

From the Wings of Night—A Short Story

Ariel Summers was everything: a perfect figure skater, a perfect child, a perfect student—a perfect wreck. Her abusive figure skating coach was making her hate him, hate her parents, hate skating, and hate herself.

Can Ariel learn to love skating—and herself— before it's too late?

The Competitor's Choice—A Short Story

Anne has a tough decision to make. More than anything, she wants to win her regional figure skating competition and go on to sectionals. But her best friend Tamara is in horrible trouble and the only way Anne can help is by blowing the competition!

Now Anne has a choice to make: help her friend or skate her best.

Anne has a choice: skate her best and win, or purposefully lose to a friend who's feeling down. She must make a competitor's choice.

Figure Skating History—Legends: Madge Syers

Figure Skating Facts, history, and trivia about the people, places and personalities that makes figure skating so cool.

When the first Olympic medals for figure skating were awarded in 1908, Great Britain's Madge Syers brought home the gold as a singles skater and the bronze for her pairs performance with her husband, Edgar. She remains the only figure skater to receive two medals at a single Olympiad.

Perhaps her most groundbreaking ice skating performance, however, came years earlier. In 1902, Syers showed up to compete at the World Championships—something no woman had ever done before. The rulebook did not prohibit women from competing; it had never occurred to the International Skating Union (ISU) that a female would ever even try.

In her ankle-length skirt, Syers took the ice and finished second. Many people thought she should have won, including gold-medalist Ulrich Salchow, who reportedly took off his medal and gave it to her. Afterward, the organizers passed a rule prohibiting female ice skaters from competing against men. A separate world-level figure skating competition for women was created in 1906.

—Beth Braccio Hering

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Figure Skating History—Legends: Madge Syers