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salchow

  • /ˈsalkɒv/ UK
  • /ˈsalkəʊ/ UK

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Named after the Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow.

noun salchows

  1. A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air. Naomi Nari Nam and Themi Leftheris had a chance to grab a world team spot after Inoue and Baldwin stumbled, but Nam fell to a knee trying to land a throw triple salchow and also fell on the next throw, a triple loop.

verb salchows · salchowing · salchowed

  1. intransitive To perform a figure skating jump of this kind.

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"salchow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/salchow. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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salchow. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/salchow

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"salchow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/salchow.

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@misc{salchow_2026,
  title = {salchow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salchow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}