In the early days of skating, jumping was a male patent. Norwegian sonja henie is considered to be the first female athlete to complete the Axel jump. However, today, her Axel technique (which can be seen in many photos) will be considered poor, because she didn't "step up" when she jumped, and twisted badly in advance, which was more like jumping and spinning.
American Dick Barton was the first player to beat 2A in the competition. 1948 Winter Olympics, he did Axel's two-week jump, but the video shows that the number of revolutions of this jump may be insufficient. His coach Gus Lussi invented the modern Axel jumping technique. 1953, carol heiss of the United States became the first female player to complete 2A.
In the 1978 World Championships, Fern Taylor of Canada completed 3A for the first time in the competition. Since then, 3A has become a standard jump for men, but women rarely succeed in it. The first female player to win 3A in the competition was Itō Midori, who participated in the NHK Cup in 1988. Later, four female athletes successively completed three years in international competitions. They are Tonya Harding of the United States, lyudmila Neldina of Russia, Tomoko Nakano and Mao Asada of Japan. Jimmy meissner of the United States also won 3A in the national championship in 2005.
American pair skaters Rena Inoue and George W. john baldwin became the first pair to complete the 3A throwing and jumping in the 2006 national championship. They did it again in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, setting a record for the Winter Olympics and the International Skating Federation.
Brian Orser of Canada is the first player to complete two 3A's in free skating, and also the first player to do this in the world-class arena (1987 World Championships). Because he also made a 3A in the short program, he was also the first player to complete three 3A in a competition. At the 20 10 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Japanese star Mao Asada repeated this achievement. She is the first female single skater to use three 3A's in a competition, and the only female single skater who uses Axel's three-week jump in active service.
So far, no player has completed the Axel jump in the competition.