What sportsman would perform a triple salchow?
Salchow jump and Cecilia Colledge for women in the late 1930s. The first triple Salchow was landed by Ronnie Robertson at the 1955 World Figure Skating Championships. Petra Burka has been credited as being the first woman to land a triple Salchow jump (and also the first triple jump of any type by a woman), in domestic competition at the 1962 Canadian Championships and in international competition at the 1965 World Championships. However, according to a contemporary report on the 1961 European Figure Skating Championships, both Helli Sengstschmid and Jana Mrazkova did triple Salchows at that event, predating Burka's earliest claim. Timothy
Salchow jump The one-foot Salchow can be used in a jump combination followed by a regular Salchow jump. For example, in the 1970s, Canadian skater Toller Cranston sometimes performed a jump combination consisting of a one-foot Axel, one-foot double Salchow, and regular double Salchow. Ulrich Salchow invented the jump that bears his name in 1909. Theresa Weld was the first female skater to perform it, at the 1920 Summer Olympics; she was reprimanded for attempting anything so "unladylike", but that did not stop other female skaters from performing jumps. Double Salchows were first performed by Gillis Grafström for men in the 1920s,