Photos: Figure skating, ice dancing costumes through the years

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Photos: Figure skating, ice dancing costumes through the years

Photos: Figure skating, ice dancing costumes through the years

Norwegian ice-skater Sonja Henie (1912 - 1969) on the ice at Chamonix during the Winter Olympics.

Figure skaters at the 1924 winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, 30th January 1924. Left to right: Herma Planck-Szabo of Hungary, Ethel Muckelt of Britain and Beatrix Loughran of the U.S.A. Planck-Szabo won gold, with Loughran and Muckelt taking silver and bronze respectively.

circa 1930: Demonstration of Ice Skating by American Ice Skating Champion Miss Maribel Vinson, who won a bronze medal (Figure Skating) at the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. (

2nd February 1936: A woman ice skater at the at Garmisch-Partenkirchen winter Olympics. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

February 1936: Ice figure skating champions Cecilia Colledge (British Champion) and Viktoria Lindpaintner (German Champion) training at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Cecilia Colledge won a Silver Medal at 1936 winter Olympics. Images)

Olympic ice-skater and actress Sonja Henie strikes a pose in her costume as she stands on the tips of her ice skates in Los Angeles, Ca., on June 24, 1936. Henie, of Norway, won the gold medal in figure-skating at the Winter Olympic Games in 1928, 1932 and 1936.

February 1936: Maxie Herber and Ernst Baier winning the 1936 Olympic Pairs figure skating gold medal at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

8 JAN 1948: DICK BUTTON OF THE UNITED STATES IN ACTION PRACTISING FOR THE MEN's SINGLES FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE 1948 WINTER OLYMPICS AT ST. MORITZ IN SWITZERLAND.

1948: American figure skater, Gretchen Merrill, in St Moritz, Switzerland for the Winter Olympics.

2nd February 1948: British iceskaters, Dennis and Winnie Silverthorne, training at the Kulm Rink before the Winter Olympics at St Moritz, Switzerland.

22nd February 1952: Jeanette Altwegg skates for photographers after winning a gold medal in the Women's Figure Skating Competition in the Winter Olympics at Oslo. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

British skater Jeanette Altwegg (center) shakes the hand of an unidentified Olympic official as she receives the gold medal for Ladies Figure Skating, Olso, Norway, February 1952. At left is the silver medalist, American skater Tenley Albright, and at right is the bronze medal winner, French skater Jacqueline du Bief.

Portrait of American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Carol Heiss Jenkins, seated in an ice rink, 1960s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

American figure skater Peggy Fleming executes a spiral on the ice rink at the 1968 Winter Olympic Games, where she won the gold medal in the women's figure skating event on February 11, Grenoble, France, February 1968.

American figure skater Peggy Fleming performs a routine at the Olympics in Grenoble, France, February 11, 1968. She won the gold medal.

1976: JOHN CURRY OF GREAT BRITAIN WAVES TO THE CROWD AFTER WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE 1976 OLYMPICS IN INNSBRUCK. Mandatory Credit: Tony Duffy/ALLSPORT

Dorothy Hamill skates on left skate with a big smile bending over at the waist with both arms spread out as her right legs is extended back during the Winter Olympics skating competition in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. Dorothy Hamill wins the gold medel for the USA in the Womes Figure skating competition.

America's Dorothy Hamill skates from the Innsbruck Olympic ice rink after picking up bouquets of flowers which were showered upon her after she won the gold medal in the women's figure skating event of the 12th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Feb. 13, 1976.

World and Olympic gold medal winning figure skater Robin Cousins of Great Britain on 1st December 1978

Robin Cousins performing part of his gold medal winning routine during the Free Program of the Men's Figure Skating event on 21 February 1980 during the XIII Olympic Winter Games at the Olympic Centre in Lake Placid, New York, United States.

Rosalynn Sumners shown in action during National Championships, Feb. 1983, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Carol Fox of Wilmington, Del., and Richard Dalley of Detroit, Mich., glide across the ice in syncopation during ice dancing compulsories at the XIV Winter Olympic Games, Friday, Feb. 10, 1984, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus far in the competition, the U.S. Olympic ice skaters placed sixth in scoring.

Rosalynn Sumners of Edmonds, Wash., does her short program in the National Figure Skating Championship, Friday, Jan. 21, 1984, Salt Lake City, Ut. Sumners' leads Elaine Zayak and Tiffany Chin as they head into their final program on Saturday.

SARAJEVO, YUGOSLAVIA - 1984: Scott Hamilton of the USA performs during the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Zhenhua Bao of China shown during her performance in figure skating short program at the Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 16, 1984, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was 23rd in compulsory figures yesterday.

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Norwegian ice-skater Sonja Henie (1912 - 1969) on the ice at Chamonix during the Winter Olympics.

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