American figure skating pioneer Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold medalist ... landed the first double axel and triple jump in competition. He remains the only U.S. figure skater to win two ...

U.S. figure skating legend Dick Button, who won back-to-back Olympic gold medals before becoming the iconic voice of the sport on American television, has died. He was 95. Button’s passing was ...

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating and literally took the sport to new heights, died Thursday, US Figure Skating said. He was 95 years old. Button died ...

“Dick Button created an open and honest space in figure skating broadcasting where no topic or moment was off-limits,” said Johnny Weir, the three-time U.S. champion and current NBC Sports figure ...

American figure ... U.S. Championships (1946-1952) and was the only American to win the European championship (1948). “No other figure skater embodies the sport as much as Dick Button," Tara ...

Button died Thursday in North Salem, N.Y. U.S. Figure Skating said he died of natural causes. Advertisement "U.S. Figure Skating mourns the loss of the legendary Dick Button," U.S. Figure Skating ...