Gustave Lussi - The man who changed Skating @floskate

Gustave Lussi - The man who changed Skating @floskate

Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

A 1989 documentary on Gus Lussi who revolutionised figure skating with his approach to teaching jumps and spins. His students included Dick Button, Ronnie Robertson, John Curry, Dorothy Hamill, Hayes Alan Jenkins, Don Jackson, Tenley Albright, Barbara Ann Scott, and Paul Wylie.

Gustave Lussi - The man who changed Skating

Angelika & Erich Buck - 1972 European Figure Skating Championships FD

Sjoukje Dijkstra - 1964 Innsbruck LP

Jay Humphry - 1968 Grenoble OG LP

Terry Kubicka - 1975 World Championships FS

Hilary Green & Glyn Watts - 1974 World Figure Skating Championships FD

Lyudmilla Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov - 1976 European Figure Skating Championships FD

Thomas Litz USA - 1964 OG Free Skate (first man to do triple toe loop)

Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean - 1982 European Figure Skating Championships Mack & Mabel FD

Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov - 1976 European Figure Skating Championships FD

Gordie McKellen Jr 1974 World Figure Skating Championships Exhibitoon

Christine Errath - 1976 European Figure Skating Championships LP

Gustave Lussi - The man who changed Skating