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  Kurt Browning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kurt Browning (born June 18, 1966) is a prominent Canadian figure skater who was extremely popular during the late 1980s and 1990s.
Browning was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta and raised in Caroline, Alberta.
Browning was a four-time Canadian figure skating champion and four-time World Champion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurt_Browning   (250 words)

  
 Browning, Kurt
Browning, Kurt, figure skater (b at Rocky Mountain House, Alta 18 June 1966).
Despite his setbacks at the Olympics, Browning remains one of the world's pre-eminent skaters, and was the first Canadian to win four world figure skating championship titles (1989, 1990, 1991 and 1993).
Browning continues to be a strong advocate for figure skating at both the professional and grassroots levels.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001053   (395 words)

  
 Biography
KURT BROWNING was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada to parents, Dewey and the late Neva Browning, on June 18, 1966.
Kurt Browning is credited with completing the first quadruple jump in competition, for which he is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
Kurt was the subject of a clue on Jeopardy!, September 17 or 18, 1999.
kurtkountry.tripod.com /newkb/id1.html   (898 words)

  
 Basic Info (Main Page)
Kurt Browning was born on June 18, 1966 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada.
Kurt was the first person to land a quadruple jump in competition (a quadruple toe loop at the 1988 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary).
Kurt is a skater who thrills the audience with his awesome jumps and his fabulous footwork.
members.aol.com /melroze758/page1/BasicInfo.htm   (351 words)

  
 Kurt Browning - The Kurt Files
Kurt Browning will be inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame on Thursday March 23 at 2:45PM after the Original Dance at the World Figure Skating Championships in Calgary, AB, according to a poster on FSU.
Kurt Browning's niece is currently auctioning off a variety of interesting and rare Kurt memorabilia, donated and signed by Kurt, to raise money for a trip to India, where she will be teaching English to children living in poverty.
Kurt Browning is to be inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame at the 2006 Worlds, to be held in Calgary March 20-26, 2006.
www.kurtfiles.com   (4757 words)

  
 Pasco: Kurt Browning bests Bergy
Overseeing Pasco's 2004 election proved a challenge for Elections Supervisor Kurt Browning, what with the pressure of new voting machines and a closely watched presidential race.
This year Browning, 46, faced his first opposition in 12 years.
Browning is a Dade City native with a squeaky clean reputation and a record of fast and accurate election results.
www.sptimes.com /2004/11/03/news_pf/Pasco/Kurt_Browning_bests_B.shtml   (383 words)

  
 Kurt Browning Web Page - Kurt Browning
Even though Kurt has never won a medal at the Olympics, he is seen by many as one of the most talented and natural figure skaters in the world.
Kurt Browning is married, to Sonia Rodriguez, a very talented Second Soloist with the National Ballet of Canada.
For those of you who are not familar with Kurt's amateur career: he was expected to win the Gold at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics, but didn't skate clean and had to settle for 6th.
www.geocities.com /Colosseum/Field/6554/kurt.html   (516 words)

  
 Skate Today ~ Kurt Browning's Gotta Skate V Review
Kurt Browning came out to introduce Carolina Kostner, the next performer, as a talented and beautiful skater who he had had the honor of choreographing her Olympic LP for.
Kurt stayed in character throughout, playing the mix of pompous arrogance and excited eagerness to the hilt, to hilarious effect.
Kurt did an excellent job finding all the nuances and moves to make it seem like this unlikely skating song was written for the ice.
www.skatetoday.com /articles0506/111605.htm   (2027 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Kurt Browning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Browning, Kurt, born in 1966, Canadian figure skater, the first skater to complete a quadruple jump in world competition.
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861), English poet, political thinker, and feminist.
Browning was born at Coxhoe Hall, Durham, and privately...
encarta.msn.com /Kurt_Browning.html   (92 words)

  
 Kurt Browning
Kurt: He is definitely one of the few guys that has been able to slip seamlessly into the new system and score just as well.
Kurt: She was on a chair with her dance partner from the ballet, Aleksandar Antonijevic.
Kurt: Shae-Lynn Bourne every now and then will do some move out there and I'll ask her, "What was that?" She's a fascinating skater because she has a childlike sense of exploration with her feet and her edges, and her body's ability to lean and corner.
www.goldenskate.com /articles/2005/browning.shtml?id=33040   (3352 words)

  
 Kurt Browning --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Kurt Browning skates at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Browning was born on June 18, 1966, in Rocky Mountain House, Alta. In his youth, he trained in both ice hockey and figure skating, deciding as a teenager to concentrate on the latter.
German orchestra conductor Kurt Masur was noted for his comprehensive repertoire, which spanned the range of German Romanticism from the works of Ludwig van Beethoven to those of Gustav Mahler.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9310420   (677 words)

  
 KurtKountry: Geocities
Born on June 18, 1966, Browning was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 2000.
Born June 18, 1966 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada to Neva and Dewey (Arnold) Browning, Kurt was raised in nearby Caroline, Alberta...and is therefore known as "The Kid From Caroline".
Kurt Browning and his wife, Sonia Rodriguez, welcomed their new son, Gabriel Browning Rodriguez on Saturday, July 12, 2003.
www.geocities.com /jhbonline/kurt   (986 words)

  
 Pasco: Independent candidate strives to be heard
Browning has been in all the Florida newspapers, as well as the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.
Browning's $23,230 in contributions comes from a who's who of Pasco leadership from both parties.
Browning dismisses Bergy as a man with no expertise trying to pass himself off as an expert.
www.sptimes.com /2004/10/11/news_pf/Pasco/Independent_candidate.shtml   (1321 words)

  
 Browning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Look up Browning and browning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
It is a process for protecting steel against rust, where browning is an older method for bluing.
And in cooking, browning refers to the Maillard reaction.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Browning   (130 words)

  
 A Kurt Browning Frequently Asked Questions Page
Kurt claims that the main issue was the lack of a written contract and personal insurance in case of injury.
Kurt was scheduled to skate during the opening ceremonies of the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
Besides the distinction of being the first man to land a quadruple jump in competition, Kurt was also the first skater to land a triple salchow-triple loop jump combination in competition (at the 1990 Nations Cup in Germany).
www.skate.org /browning/faq.html   (2128 words)

  
 Kurt Browning
If Browning's description of Olympic competition shows signs of a team effort, it is a reflection of his own sport.
Browning is also receiving support on the financial front.
Browning's greatest challenge may be convincing judges and fans alike that he is as much an artist as he is an athlete.
www.umanitoba.ca /cm/cmarchive/vol20no1/kurtbrowning.html   (1376 words)

  
 A Kurt Browning Fan Page
Kurt as the subject of a literacy poster for the Canadian School Library Association.
Kurt and Elvis have been competitors, too intensely and for too long to truly be friends.
With the support of Kellog's Canada, Kurt has established the "Kurt Browning Junior Figure Skating Fund to be awarded each year at Canadians for the purpose of helping with the costs of training for up and coming young skaters.
www.skate.org /browning   (1251 words)

  
 Kurt Browning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Let me tell you a little story about Kurt: after his first appearance at the Olympics I wrote him a little letter, for support and to let him know, as a Canadian, how proud I was of him.
yes, Kurt is an absoutely brilliant figure skater, who has this huge amount of energy and a style of showmanship that is second to none.
Kurt will always have a special spot in my heart.
www.bohemianwhisper.com /bios/browning.html   (150 words)

  
 CM Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kurt Browning won the men’s world figure skating competition three times and Kurt: Forcing the Edge is his story.
Born and raised in rural Alberta (near Caroline), Kurt is a true Canadian success story.
But Kurt is cither too shy, inexperienced or trying to cover up a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff to give us a true picture of himself and his accomplishments.
www.umanitoba.ca /cm/cmarchive/vol20no2/kurt.html   (341 words)

  
 REACH: Right Now It Hurts
Kurt is, appears to be, beyond human, perfection itself.
Kurt speaks of his skating -- how sometimes he feels like it's someone else doing these impossible things, some other guy out there stretching the limits of what the human body can do.
Kurt Browning is thinking about skating in the Olympics in 1994.
www.uua.org /re/reach/worship/right_now_it_hurts.html   (702 words)

  
 The Kurt Files - Miscellaneous Fan Stuff
Given Kurt's recent appearance on Skating with Celebrities, skating outside of his usual range and trying the pairs skating, I thought it'd be fun to visit some other programs of Kurt's in which he stretched the bounds of what we usually expect from him on the ice.
Kurt claims that he only found the inspiration for this piece late in the game, but however late the idea came to him, he managed to turn this into an inspired piece of comical choreography that brought the house down.
Therefore, we have Kurt's first appearance at the Olympics in 1988, the first quad ever performed in competition from the Worlds in 1988, Kurt's two programs from his first Worlds win in 1989, and the program in which Kurt was the first to do three triple/triple combinations from Worlds in 1991.
www.kurtfiles.com /other.php   (4485 words)

  
 Kurt Browning: Ice Legends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kurt Browning hosts this look at the legacy of Canadian Men figure skating champions.
The show is set against the backdrop of "A Legendary Night of Figure Skating" held in Toronto in spring of 2000.
Kurt talks with Don, Toller (at his home in Mexico), Brian & Osborne.
webhome.idirect.com /~rkaye/ShowsSpecials/Kurt_Browning_Ice_Legends.htm   (142 words)

  
 Kurt Browning: Sorry, Canada - Never Made it to the Podium - CBC Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kurt Browning was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alta., on June 18, 1966.
Kurt's father, Dewey, a guide and outfitter, cleared snow in the backyard to build a rink so that his son, the youngest of three children, could play hockey.
It would be 10 years after Browning's 1988 marvel that an American skater, Timothy Goebel, would successfully land the jump in competition.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-41-1341-8017/sports/olympics_podium/clip8   (704 words)

  
 Alice's Home Page - Kurt Browning FAQ
Kurt announced his retirement from eligible ISU competition on March 2 1994.
Kurt made his acting debut in early 1995, making a guest appearance on Canadian TV show for teenagers "Ready or Not" (Global Network).
Both have families of their own now so Kurt is a proud uncle of one nephew and two nieces.
www3.sympatico.ca /asjen/kurtfaq.htm   (2188 words)

  
 Kurt Browning
Kurt Browning is more than just a casual observer when the Canadian Figure Skating Championships roll around.
Dave Coulier, Bruce Jenner, Todd Bridges, Kristy Swanson, Deborah Gibson and Jillian Barberie with be paired with skating stars including Nancy Kerrigan, Tai Babilonia and Kurt Browning for the six-episode competition.
Kurt also won the Canadian and World Pro Titles (1995-97) three times each and in 1998 added a second US Pro and the inaugural Canadian Open Championships to his impressive resume.
jhb14.tripod.com /sk8/id1.html   (1369 words)

  
 Additional references about Kurt Browning (from Kurt Browning) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The BAR is a gas-operated rifle invented by John M. Browning (1855–1926), an American gun designer.
A key figure in the development of modern musical theater, German-born U.S. composer Kurt Weill created a revolutionary kind of opera of sharp social satire in collaboration with the writer Bertolt Brecht.
This proof states that within any rigidly logical mathematical system there are propositions (or statements) that cannot be proved or disproved on the basis of the axioms within that system.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-212528   (818 words)

  
 Kurt Browning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is where you will find trivial information about Kurt Browning.
This is where you will find photos of Kurt Browning.
This is where you will find competition results of Kurt Browning.
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 The Kurt Browning Blog
Also, if you're a US citizen, you can enter the Smuckers VIP Promotion for a trip for 6 to anywhere in the US for a 3 day/2 night trip to watch SOI plus a whole slew of other goodies (this is for the 2005-2006 tour).
This is a community for all fans of the figure skater Kurt Browning to come together and share news, photos, articles, reviews, links, general discussion, anything that may be of interest to a Kurt Browning fan, new or old.
The idea is to have something that's of a bit looser structure than either a message board or a mailing list (like the Kurt List) where fans can share their favorite stuff having to do with Kurt.
community.livejournal.com /kurtfiles   (2049 words)

  
 The Kurt Files - Kurt Browning related media
IFS Magazine has a short article on Kurt's Gotta Skate, entitled "Marquee Attraction", as well as photos of Kurt in the Inner Loop section and the article on Lloyd Eisler's wedding.
A is for Axel: An Ice Skating Alphabet by Kurt Browning, Illustrated by Melanie Rose
Contains three chapters by Kurt: "The One That Got Away", "The Calm of Winning" and "That Overall Glow".
www.kurtfiles.com /kbmedia.php   (1935 words)

  
 Kurt Browning's Gotta Skate Tickets - Concert tickets available now
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