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Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow (August 7, 1877
– April 19, 1949) was a Sweden|Swedish
figure skating|figure skater, who dominated the
sport in the first decade of the 20th century. 

Salchow won the World Figure Skating Championships
no less than 10 times, from 1901 to 1905, and from
1907 to 1911. This is still a record, which he
shares with Sonja Henie, who also won 10 titles in
the 1920s and 1930s. In addition, Salchow placed
second in the World Championships three times and
won the European Championships nine times
(1898-1900, 1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910, 1913).
When figure skating was first contested at the
Summer Olympic Games in 1908 Summer
Olympics|London (1908), Salchow also won the title
with ease.

In 1909, Ulrich Salchow first landed a Figure
skating jump|jump in competition in which he took
off on the back inside edge, and landed on the
back outside edge of his other foot. This jump is
now known as the salchow jump in his honor.

After his competitive days, Salchow remained
active in the sport, and was president of the
International Skating Union (ISU) from 1925 to
1937.

Ulrich Salchow died in Stockholm at the age of 71
and was interred there in the Norra
begravningsplatsen.


See also: List of Swedes in sports