Figure skating is a part of the Winter Universiade. It was first held as part of the Universiade in 1960.
Famous quotes containing the words figure, skating and/or winter:
“A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.”
—Minna Antrim (1861–?)
“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;”
—Bible: Hebrew The Song of Solomon (l. II, 10–12)