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Kurt Browning (born June 18, 1966) was a prominent
Canada|Canadian figure skating|figure skater
during the late 1980s and 1990s.

Browning was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
and raised in Caroline, Alberta.

Browing was a four-time Canadian figure skating
champion and four-time World Figure Skating
Championships|World Champion. He represented
Canada in three Winter Olympics, 1988 Winter
Olympics|1988 (finishing 8th overall), 1992 Winter
Olympics|1992 (6th) and 1994 Winter Olympics|1994
(5th), and was given the privilege of carrying the
Canadian flag during the opening ceremonies of the
1994 games in Lillehammer, Norway. Browning's
other achievements are numerous, including three
Canadian Professional Championships, three World
Professional Championships, a Lou Marsh Award for
top Canadian Athlete (in 1990 in sports|1990),
Lionel Conacher Award winner (1990 and 1991 in
sports|1991), Order of Canada recipient (in 1990),
an American Skating World Professional Skater of
the Year Award (in 1998 in sports|1998), and a
Gustav Lussi Award from the Professional Skaters'
Association (in 2001 in sports|2001).

In 1988 in sports|1988, Browning was credited with
completing the first quadruple jump in
competition; this accomplishment is also listed in
the Guinness Book of Records.

He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
in 1994 and Canada's Figure Skating Hall of Fame
in 2000 in sports|2000.

== External links ==
* http://kurtkountry.tripod.com/newkb/id1.html
Biography
* http://www.kurtfiles.com/ Listing of
accomplishments