Editing Dick Button (section)

{{Short description|American figure skater (1929–2025)}}
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{{Infobox figure skater
| name = Dick Button
| image = Dick Button at 1980 Winter Olympics.jpg
| caption = Button as a commentator at the [[1980 Winter Olympics]] in Lake Placid
| full_name = Richard Totten Button
| altname = 
| country = {{USA}}
| formercountry = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|07|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Englewood, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|01|30|1929|07|18|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[North Salem, New York]], U.S.
| height = 
<!-- | formercoach = [[Gustave Lussi]] -->
| skating club = [[SC of Boston]]<br />[[Philadelphia SC & HS]]
| retired = 1952
| medals-expand = yes
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[figure skating]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1948 Winter Olympics|1948 St. Moritz]]|[[Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1952 Winter Olympics|1952 Oslo]]|[[Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1948 World Figure Skating Championships|1948 Davos]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1949 World Figure Skating Championships|1949 Paris]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1950 World Figure Skating Championships|1950 London]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1951 World Figure Skating Championships|1951 Milan]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1952 World Figure Skating Championships|1952 Paris]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1947 World Figure Skating Championships|1947 Stockholm]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1948 European Figure Skating Championships|1948 Prague]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[North American Figure Skating Championships|North American Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1947 North American Figure Skating Championships|1947 Ottawa]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1949 North American Figure Skating Championships|1949 Philadelphia]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1951 North American Figure Skating Championships|1951 Calgary]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[U.S. Figure Skating Championships|U.S. Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1946 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|1946 Chicago]]|Men’s Singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1947 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|1947 Berkeley]]|Men’s Singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1948 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|1948 Colorado Springs]]|Men’s Singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1949 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|1949 Colorado Springs]]|Men’s Singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1950 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|1950 Washington D.C.]]|Men’s Singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1951 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|1951 Seattle]]|Men’s Singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1952 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|1952 Colorado Springs]]|Men’s Singles}}
}}

'''Richard Totten Button''' (July 18, 1929 – January 30, 2025) was an American [[figure skater]] and skating analyst. He was a two-time [[Figure Skating at the Olympic Games|Olympic champion]] (1948, 1952) and five-time consecutive [[World Figure Skating Championships|world champion]] (1948–1952). He was also the only non-European man to have become [[European Figure Skating Championships|European champion]]. Button is credited as having been the first skater to successfully land the double [[Axel jump]] in competition in 1948, as well as the first triple jump of any kind – a triple [[loop jump|loop]] – in 1952. He also invented the flying [[camel spin]], which was originally known as the "Button camel".<ref name="onskates" /> He "brought increased athleticism" to figure skating in the years following [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kestnbaum |first=Ellyn |title=Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning |publisher=Wesleyan Publishing Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-8195-6641-1 |location=Middleton, Connecticut |pages=108}}</ref> According to figure skating historian James R. Hines, Button represented the "American School" of figure skating, which was a more athletic style than skaters from Europe.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=48}}