Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Charles Tickner, United States
- Ladies' champion: Anett Pötzsch, Germany
- Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponossov, Soviet Union
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Famous quotes containing the words figure and/or skating:
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—Orson Welles (1915–1985)
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