Ulrich Salchow, in full Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow, (born August 7, 1877—died April 19, 1949, Stockholm, Sweden), Swedish determine skater who established a file by successful 10 world championships for males (1901–05, 1907–11—he didn't compete in 1906). At the 1908 Games in London, he received the primary Olympic gold medal awarded for males’s determine skating.
Salchow was a beneficiant competitor, and he acknowledged the abilities of others. At the 1902 World Championships, Madge Syers completed second to Salchow, and he supplied her his gold medal as a result of he felt she ought to have received. He repeated this gesture after the 1947 World Championships. At that point he supplied Dick Button one among his medals as a result of he felt Button ought to have received as an alternative of putting second to Hans Gerschwiler. From 1925 to 1937 he served as president of the International Skating Union, the physique that regulates pace and determine skating. He was a member of the Swedish beginner boxing committee from 1919 to 1932.
Salchow originated the salchow soar, the simplest soar to carry out. The skater takes off from the rear inside edge of 1 skate, makes one full flip within the air, and lands on the rear outdoors fringe of the opposite skate.