Kurt Browning

Kurt Browning
nation	Canada
birthday	June 18, 1966
place of birth	Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
Career
discipline	Single run
Medal table
World Cup medals 4 × 1 × 0 ×
World figure skating championships gold Paris 1989 Men's gold Halifax 1990 Men's gold Munich 1991 Men's silver Oakland 1992 Men's gold Prague 1993 Men's

Kurt Browning , CM (born June 18, 1966 in Rocky Mountain House , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian figure skater who started in a single run . He is the world champion from 1989 to 1991 and 1993 .

He grew up with his older brother and sister in Caroline, Alberta .

He was world champion in figure skating four times ( 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1993 ), more often than any Canadian in history, but was never able to win a medal at the Olympic Games . In 1994, the three-time Olympic participant carried the Canadian flag at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer when the nations marched in.

On March 25, 1988, he jumped the first faultless four-fold jump - a four-fold toe loop - in a competition (world championship) and is thus listed in the Guinness Book of Records. He is also known for his excellent ice skating technique.

In 1994 Browning ended his amateur career and switched to the professional camp.

On June 30, 1996, Browning married Sonia Rodriguez, a principal dancer for the National Ballet of Canada. The couple have two sons, Gabriel, born on July 12, 2003 and Dillon, born on August 14, 2007.

Results

Competition / year	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
winter Olympics		8th.				6th		5.
World championships	15th	6th	1.	1.	1.	2.	1.
Canadian Championships	2.	2.	1.	1.	1.		1.

Web links

Commons : Kurt Browning  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Kurt Browning in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Kurt Browning, 1989