Rittberger
The Rittberger is a leap forward in figure skating and roller figure skating ( roller sports ). It owes its name to the multiple German Vice World Champion Werner Rittberger . The name "Rittberger" has not caught on in the English-speaking world, where the term "loop (jump)" is used.
execution
The runner first slides both legs backwards on the ice. Then he shifts his weight onto his right leg, which has to be pressed firmly into the ice in the right-hand bend in order not to slip. Finally, the runner jumps backwards and turns once or several times by 360 degrees each (single, double or triple Rittberger). The Rittberger is landed on the leg on which he is jumped.
history
The first triple Rittberger in the men was Richard Button at the Olympic Games in 1952 and in the women Gaby Seyfert in 1968. In 1996, Éric Millot was the first to show a triple-Rittberger-triple-Rittberger combination.
On September 30, 2016, the Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu was the first figure skater to successfully land a four-time Rittberger in an international competition at the Autumn Classic International 2016 in Pierrefonds.
literature
- Waltraud Witte: Figure skating basics . Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2008 (new edition), ISBN 3898993310 .
- Carole Shulman: The Complete Book of Figure Skating . Human Kinetics, Illinois 2002, ISBN 0736035486 .
- Ellyn Kestnbaum: Culture on Ice: Figure Skating & Cultural Meaning . Wesleyan University Press, Middletown 2003, ISBN 081956642X .
- Lynn Kirby: A Perfect Landing (= Winning Edge Series , Volume 1). Thomas Nelson Inc., Nashville 1998, ISBN 0849958350 .
- Kristi Yamaguchi, Christy Kjarsgaard-Ness, Jody Meacham: Figure skating for dummies . John Wiley & Sons, Foster City 1997, ISBN 0764550845 .