Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in ...

World champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov of Russia execute a throw during the pairs short competition at the World Figure Skating competition in Edmonton, Alberta, March 19, 1996.

FILE - World champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov of Russia execute a throw during the pairs short competition at the World Figure Skating competition in Edmonton, Alberta, March 19, 1996.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Russian figure skaters were on board the crashed American Airlines plane.

"Several” members of U.S. Figure Skating, including athletes, coaches and family members, were on the American Airlines plane ...