Dorothy Hamill - 1973 World Figure Skating Championships LP

[@TroysPop]

Thank you so much for finding this classic. It was a really fine Hamill performance.

[@AT-jm4dl]

What a treat to watch. Thanks for posting. Such a confident skate at only 16 years old.

[@beatricejust7549]

I agree. Wonderful skate routine, skates with maturity here.

[@MichaelWDupre]

Absolutely thrilled to see this. Up until recently I have not been able to see anything of Dorothy prior to 1974. Thank you for sharing this!

[@barkingtree88]

This was a very enjoyable program with an interesting selection of music! Great to see her being so gutsy with the technical content.

[@skatefan9495]

Beautiful skating skills. You don't see much like this anymore.

[@scook5599]

Thank you Floskate for this video. It was wonderful! I can't remember seeing Dorothy skate when she was this young. Quite an impressive performance! You can see her being hard on herself afterwards though despite very good scores. And Carlo Fassi her wonderful coach supporting and encouraging her! Also Dorothy squinting to see her scores because she did not have her glasses on!

[@Tfontaine209]

So in love with her as a little girl 👧. She inspired me to become a roller skater which I did for 10 yrs and became a champion ❤ 💙

[@ronronizetti2534]

Beautiful skater and the most beautiful girl ... Dorothy is every bit as lovely today. Her skating skills are without peer - just her stroking alone, carriage, posture, speed ... she has it in spades xx

[@waynehentley4332]

Better than Peggy?🤔🤔

[@ronronizetti2534]

@@waynehentley4332 - If you need ask, you need skating lessons!? LOL

[@waynehentley4332]

@@ronronizetti2534 😃😃😃 I was waiting for your reply! You're the Peggy hater!😃😃😃

[@ronronizetti2534]

@@waynehentley4332 - WHY would you hate Peggy, you've said that a lot? ... now I'm curious

[@waynehentley4332]

@@ronronizetti2534 YOU do based on your negative posts regarding the elegant Peg!😀😀

[@aussieskates]

So unusual seeing Dorothy without her trademark wedge. Thank you for posting.

[@TheScottAllenKennedy]

The speed, the power, the technique, the grace, the line, the spins, the beauty is ALL there. But, it was oddly buried under her almost mopish hair and that overly draped outfit. She was so good, and only got so much better. Dorothy is still the most popular of them all. Much love to this beautiful woman.

[@CarolanIvey]

Even after skating, spinning, jumping, her hair fell right back into place! :)

[@nondescriptnyc]

This is absolutely amazing, of course, but it is wonderful to see that her overall skating DID improve noticeably between 1973 and 1976. On a side note, here, with her jumps, spins, stroking to the posture, I thought I was watching Kristiina Wegelius-also a Fassi skater...who, despite her enormous potential and consistently-impressive practice sessions, could not conquer her nerves and never medaled at major competitions.

[@vncentsusinno280]

OMG! This is so great!

[@dmmchugh3714]

Back then, skaters were so fluid with their edges and connecting moves. Today's skaters are angular and jerky.

[@lilbatz]

WOOH! Bonus! Carlo and Dick with Dorothy at the end. Carlo looks pretty chill (tired? Who else did he coach there?)

[@monicawells3003]

Melissa MILITANO. As a singles skater, Melissa Militano was US Junior Champion in 1971, where she became one of the first female skaters to perform a triple toe loop. But she also skated pairs with her brother Mark. They were second at the US Championships in 1970-72, and won the title in 1973.

[@floskate]

Yes that's all get true and some footage of her junior nationals freeskate is on my channel. But what has that to do with Dorothy Hamill?

[@waynehentley4332]

@@floskate She did a triple and Dorothy didn't?🤔🤔🤔

[@floskate]

@@waynehentley4332 but in reply to what? It's just a random comment about Melissa Militano out of nowhere hence my comment.

[@waynehentley4332]

@@floskate 😀😀😀

[@dianaparker4807]

She was so adorable!

[@lilbatz]

I wish I had her edges and stroking skills. She makes that look way too easy.

[@frankbocchicchio1271]

this girl was so damn cute!

[@01doha]

Back in the day when the skaters proved their mastery of edges during the compulsory figures, in the free, they could be free to skate beautifully without all the convoluted edges they have to include these days!

[@AT-jm4dl]

Not every skaters back in the days skated like Dorothy, Janet, and Peggy. They were the exceptions and that was why they became champions and stars. There were plenty of skaters in all eras with crappy edges and crappy skating skills.

[@01doha]

@@AT-jm4dl I think you are missing the point 😳

[@01doha]

@@waynehentley4332 the point is that the skaters could show their mastery of edges in the compulsory figures, and not have to cram in all those edge sequences, which I think slows down the flow of the skating.

[@notnek202]

So we have a complete performance of Dorthy at this competition but not of Janet why?

[@floskate]

I do have a complete program of Janet's now but when I first posted her freeskate here I didn't have the same video sources I do now, hence the compilation of different sources to make the complete program.

[@martypellow9908]

Thank you for posting this wonderful footage. Did she finish third in the FS behind Janet Lynn and Karen Magnussen?

[@bassethound1]

marti pellow actually 4th in FS, the great Canadian free skater Lynn Nightingale in 3rd

[@lorenzoramsey5948]

No, she finished 4th behind Lynn Nightingale who was a remarkable Canadian free skater. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH_UY32He7Onbsk

[@ScottyColoradoKid]

Wow; even before the famous bob haircut! I wonder why she looks upset at the end.....

[@floskate]

I think the first double axel was supposed to be in combination. Maybe it was that?

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

Was this the world’s where Dorothy broke out in tears right before this free skate because she thought the crowd was booing her? (They were actually booing the scores of the skater who was right before her - Gerti Schanderl, I think?) But she composed herself, and I remember Dick Button saying something to the effect of “Watch this girl. She’s going to do her best.” She finished second - but it was still an amazing performance. Helped her I think to tune out the crowd and made her stronger, into the Olympic champion she eventually became.

[@floskate]

No it was a year later in Munich in '74. Gerti was from Munich hence the strong reaction of the home crowd. It is on my channel but not teh best quality I'm afraid.

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

@@floskate oh thank you! I’ll look for Gerti and Dorothy, circa 1974. You are the best, floskate, when it comes to figure skating. I also adored Dorothy’s countrywoman Dianne de Leeuw - U.S. could have gone 1-2 at the 76 Olympics had Dianne competed for the U.S., but I think Dianne’s mum thought she could get better international experience if she competed for the Netherlands. Dianne had both Dutch & US citizenship. That was an awesome rivalry!

[@AT-jm4dl]

@@shimmeringfairydust3275 If De Leeuw had skated for the U.S. then she would also had to go against the likes of Janey Lynn in 73, Wendy Burge in 74 &75, and Burge and Linda Fratianne in 76. All strong free skaters and with arguably better techniques than De Leeuw. Dianne would've never been the U.S. #1 woman.

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

@@AT-jm4dl I didn’t suggest she would have. I meant she would have been second to any of the ladies you mentioned - plus Dorothy Hamill, of course.

[@angellomarchena5304]

Vine por la lista de Ross

[@dougplein6075]

I didn't understand a word he said.

[@MistyLaneLoveConquersALL]

Advertising for Marlboro cigarettes! Even then why advertise smoking at a skating rink?! 😮

[@jako3214]

It's actually a slightly longer version of her 'wedge'. More of a bowl/pageboy which was *everywhere by 1974! Dorothy verry underrated for how ahead of the times & trend setting. Farrah of course #1 but Dorothy waay up there behind Farrah for 70s icons

[@CarolanIvey]

I had that pageboy cut. :)

[@cynthcorcor126]

Dorothy Hamill also known as Madonna Temple kennidy Osmond 16 yrs old only titled singer this generation. Golden globe winner Cindy Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

[@waynehentley4332]

How sick!!!

[@djas456]

Not really the best She was no Janet Lynn

[@metsdudenj]

You can see she has crazy eyes.

[@dianaparker4807]

Crazy eyes???

[@bufb]

She was near sited