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The World Figure Skating Championships ("" Worlds "") is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union . Medals are awarded in the categories of men ' s singles , ladies ' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . Generally held in March , the World Championships are considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships , which also include the European Championships , the Four Continents Championships , and the World Junior Championships . With the exception of the Olympic title , a world title is considered to be the highest competitive achievement in figure skating . The National Women ' s Hall of Fame is an ___MASK100___ institution created in 1969 by a group of people in Seneca Falls , New York , the location of the 1848 Women ' s Rights Convention . The mission of the Hall is " to honor in perpetuity those women , citizens of the ___MASK70___ , whose contributions to the arts , athletics , business , education , government , the humanities , philanthropy and science , have been the greatest value for the development of their country ." Tenley Emma Albright ( born July 18 , 1935 ) is an ___MASK100___ former figure skater and surgeon . She is the 1956 Olympic champion , the 1952 Olympic silver medalist , the 1953 and 1955 World Champion , the 1953 and 1955 North ___MASK100___ champion , and the 1952  1956 U . S . national champion . Albright is also a graduate of Harvard Medical School . In 2015 she was inducted into the National Women ' s Hall of Fame . Maribel Yerxa Owen ( April 25 , 1940  February 15 , 1961 ) was an ___MASK100___ figure skater . Dudley `` Dud '' Shaw Richards ( February 4 , 1932 - February 15 , 1961 ) was an ___MASK100___ figure skater who competed in men ' s singles and pairs . In singles , he won the bronze medal at the 1953 United States Figure Skating Championships and finished sixth at that year ' s World Figure Skating Championships . In pairs , he once skated with future Olympic gold medalist Tenley Albright , before later teaming up with Maribel Owen . After winning the bronze medal at Nationals in 1958 and 1959 , the pair captured the silver in 1960 and finished tenth at that year ' s Winter Olympic Games . In 1961 , Owen and Richards won the gold medal at the U . S . Championships and finished second at the North ___MASK100___ Figure Skating Championships . Away from the ice , Richards was a graduate of Harvard University and had spent time in the Army . He was also a real estate executive and a longtime friend ( and college roommate ) of future Senator Ted Kennedy . Richards was en route to the World Championships in 1961 when his plane , Sabena Flight 548 , crashed near Brussels , Belgium , killing all on board . He was 29 at the time of his death . 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 , ___MASK20___ , in 1892 , 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 . ___MASK99___ ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK99___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK99___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , ___MASK48___ City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . The North ___MASK100___ Figure Skating Championships were a former elite figure skating competition for skaters from the United States and Canada . It was a biennial ( every two years ) competition held between 1923 and 1971 , with locations alternating between the two countries .