Biellmann pirouette

Biellmann-Pirouette, shown by Zoya Douchine at the German Figure Skating Championships 2001 in Oberstdorf

The Biellmann pirouette is a variant of the standing pirouette that requires great flexibility. She became known through the Swiss figure skater Denise Biellmann , but the inventor of this pirouette is the Swiss Karin Iten . Yevgeny Pljuschtschenko was the first male figure skater to include the Biellmann pirouette in his program.

Execution: You start with the upright pirouette, stretch back over your shoulder, grasp the runner of your free foot and stretch towards the ceiling (the body remains upright).

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