salchow

English

Etymology

Named after the Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsalkɒv/, /ˈsalkəʊ/

Noun

salchow (plural salchows)

1. A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.
   • 2007 January 27, Lynn Zinser, “Sights Set on Title, Meissner Is All Smiles”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Naomi Nari Nam and Themi Leftheris had a chance to grab a world team spot after Inoue and Baldwin stumbled, but Nam fell to a knee trying to land a throw triple salchow and also fell on the next throw, a triple loop.

Verb

salchow (third-person singular simple present salchows, present participle salchowing, simple past and past participle salchowed)

1. (intransitive) To perform a figure skating jump of this kind.

See also

• salchow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia