17 Facts About Lucinda Ruh

Lucinda Martha Ruh was born on 13 July 1979 and is a Swiss former competitive figure skater.

Lucinda Ruh is the 1996 Swiss national champion and the 1993 junior level national champion.

Lucinda Ruh is known for her outstanding spinning ability and her balletic skating.

Lucinda Ruh toured with Stars on Ice, Champions on Ice, and numerous other worldwide tours.

Lucinda Martha Ruh was born on 13 July 1979 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Lucinda Ruh's family moved to Paris, France, not long after her birth and then to Tokyo, Japan, when she was four years old.

Lucinda Ruh was initially more focused on ballet than skating and at age seven received a scholarship to the Royal Ballet of London.

Lucinda Ruh began skating in 1984, soon after moving to Japan.

Lucinda Ruh decided to focus on skating as her main activity when she was about eight.

Lucinda Ruh won the bronze medal at the Japan Junior Championships in 1994.

Lucinda Ruh sustained an injury after falling on a jump during practice the day before the competition but took three Cortisone injections a day and finished 6th at the event.

Lucinda Ruh later learned she had fractured her spine, resulting in two dislocated discs.

Lucinda Ruh has cited the pair Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov as the skaters she admired the most while growing up.

Lucinda Ruh is the 2000 and 2001 world professional bronze medalist.

Lucinda Ruh has created over twenty different new spin positions now required at competitions.

Lucinda Ruh toured around the world from 2000 to 2006 with Stars on Ice USA and Canada, Champions on Ice, Art on Ice to name a few.

Lucinda Ruh is the author of Frozen Teardrop, a memoir published by SelectBooks in November 2011.