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Figure skating is a sport in which individuals , duos , or groups perform on figure skates on ice . It was the first winter sport included in the Olympics , in ___MASK81___ . The four Olympic disciplines are men ' s singles , ladies ' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . Non - Olympic disciplines include synchronized skating and four skating . From novice through senior - level competition , skaters generally perform two programs ( short and long ) which , depending on the discipline , may include spins , jumps , moves in the field , lifts , throw jumps , death spirals , and other elements or moves . The ___MASK11___ Winter Olympics , officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les " IVes Jeux olympiques d ' hiver ") ( German : " Olympische Winterspiele ___MASK11___ "), were a winter multi - sport event which was celebrated in ___MASK11___ in the market town of Garmisch - Partenkirchen in Bavaria , Germany . Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin . ___MASK11___ is the last year in which the Summer and Winter Games were both held in the same country ( the cancelled ___MASK27___ games would have been held in Japan , with that country likewise hosting the Winter and Summer games ). The International Skating Union ( ISU ) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines , including figure skating , synchronized skating , speed skating , and short track speed skating . It was founded in Scheveningen , Netherlands , in ___MASK63___ , making it one of the oldest international sport federations . The ISU was formed to establish standardized international rules and regulations for the skating disciplines it governs , and to organize international competitions in these disciplines . It is now based in Lausanne , Switzerland . Pair skating is a figure skating discipline . International Skating Union ( ISU ) regulations describe pair teams as consisting of " one lady and one man ." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating , including overhead lifts , twist lifts , death spirals , and throw jumps . Pair teams also perform the elements of single skating in unison . The discipline requires similar technique and timing on all elements of the performance in order to create an impression of " two skating as one ". Serious skating accidents are most common in pairs . Maxi Herber ( ___MASK75___  20 October 2006 ) was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating . She became ( and as of 2014 , still remains due to new age rules ) the youngest female figure skating Olympic champion ( at the age of 15 years , 4 months , and 5 days ) when she won gold in pair skating together with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics . The duo revolutionized pair skating , becoming the first team to perform jumps side by side . Ernst Baier ( ___MASK9___ in Zittau , Saxony , Germany  8 July 2001 in Garmisch , Bavaria , Germany ) was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating . He became Olympic pair champion in 1936 together with Maxi Herber . The duo also won several World and European championships . Garmisch - Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria , southern Germany . It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch - Partenkirchen , in the Oberbayern region , and the district is on the border with Austria . Nearby is Germany ' s highest mountain , Zugspitze , at ___MASK19___ , 962 m ( 9 , ___MASK87___ ft .). Zittau is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony , Germany , close to the border tri - point of Germany , Poland , and the Czech Republic . It is part of the District of Görlitz . As of ___MASK82___ July 2012 , the city had a population of ___MASK21___ , ___MASK77___ . Bavaria is a federal state of Germany . Located in the German southeast with an area of ___MASK64___ , 548 square kilometres ( ___MASK21___ , 200 sq mi ), Bavaria is the largest German state . Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany , and , with 12 . 9 million inhabitants , it is Germany ' s second most populous state . Munich , Bavaria ' s capital and largest city , is the third largest city in Germany . Ice dancing is a discipline of figure skating that draws from ballroom dancing . It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in ___MASK98___ , and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in ___MASK23___ . Maxi Herber ( October ___MASK46___ , 1920 -- October ___MASK53___ , 2006 ) was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating . She became ( and as of 2014 , still remains due to new age rules ) the youngest female figure skating Olympic champion ( at the age of 15 years , 4 months , and ___MASK91___ days ) when she won gold in pair skating together with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics . The duo revolutionized pair skating , becoming the first team to perform jumps side by side . Born in Munich , Herber was also an accomplished single skater , winning the German nationals three times , from 1933 to 1935 . She skated for the Münchner EV ( Munich EV ) club . Herber and Baier married after their skating career ended in 1940 . They had 3 children . After World War II they skated in ice shows . Later the couple owned a business . In 1964 they were divorced . As a result of the divorce , she had to depend on social services to survive . Supported by the `` Deutsche Sporthilfe '' ( German Sport help organisation ) she moved to Oberau near Garmisch - Partenkirchen in Bavaria . Some years later Herber and Baier remarried , but were divorced again . Herber suffered from Parkinson ' s disease . In 2000 she moved to the Lenzheim retirement home in Garmisch - Partenkirchen . Soon afterwards she had an exhibition of her watercolor paintings there . She died at age 86 in Garmisch - Partenkirchen ; Herber had been Germany ' s oldest living female Olympic champion .