1. Kurt Browning was born on June 18,1966 and is a Canadian figure skater, choreographer and commentator.
25 Facts About Kurt Browning
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Kurt Browning is the first skater to land a ratified quadruple jump in competition.
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Kurt Browning is a four-time World Champion and Canadian national champion.
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Kurt Browning represented Canada in three Winter Olympics, 1988,1992 and 1994.
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Kurt Browning was the senior champion of Canada four times and came in second place three times.
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Kurt Browning won the World Championships four times, in 1989,1990,1991, and 1993.
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Kurt Browning came in second place at Worlds in 1992 due to a severe back injury that "had a particularly negative effect on his Olympic bid".
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Kurt Browning came in fifth place at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
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Kurt Browning earned the privilege of carrying the Canadian flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1994 games in Lillehammer, Norway.
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On March 25,1988, at the 1988 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Kurt Browning landed the first ratified quadruple jump, a toe loop in the competition.
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Kurt Browning has used percussive pop instrumentals in his programs; for example, he used "Bonzo's Montreux" by Led Zeppelin in 1993.
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Kurt Browning interpreted the music by punching his fists and frequently running across the ice.
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Kurt Browning raised his fists "in a biceps-flexing muscle pose" and included humor by emulating laughter with upper body movements, skated in time to descending saxophone notes and by pointing to the audience during his footwork sequence.
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Kurt Browning portrayed Rick, Humphrey Bogart's character, and like Bogart, wore a white dinner jacket.
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Kurt Browning has appeared in made-for-television films and toured with Stars on Ice.
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Kurt Browning has been a regular colour commentator for the CBC at major skating events since 2006.
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Kurt Browning appeared in the 2006 Fox television program Skating with Celebrities.
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Kurt Browning was awarded with a Lou Marsh Trophy for top Canadian Athlete, Lionel Conacher Awards, an American Skating World Professional Skater of the Year Award, and a Gustav Lussi Award from the Professional Skaters' Association.
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Kurt Browning was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1989.
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Kurt Browning was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Kurt Browning was honored with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2001.
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Kurt Browning was inducted into World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Kurt Browning received the inaugural ISU Skating Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.
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Kurt Browning was born on June 18,1966, in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.
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Kurt Browning married Sonia Rodriguez, a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, on June 30,1996.