Editing Dick Button (section)

==Achievements==
* First skater to land a [[Axel jump|double Axel]]<ref name="usoc" />{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=48}}
* First skater to land a triple jump (the [[Loop jump|triple loop]])<ref name="usoc" />{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=48}}
* First skater to land a [[Glossary of figure skating terms#jump combination|combination jump]] of three doubles{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=48}} 
* First male skater to perform the [[camel spin]] and inventor of the [[Glossary of figure skating terms#flying spin|flying]] camel spin (also known, after him, as the "Button Camel"){{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=49}}
* Only American to win the [[European Figure Skating Championships|European title]]<ref name="onskates" />
* First American to become [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Champion]]
* First American to win the Olympic title in figure skating
* First, and only, American back-to-back Olympic champion in figure skating<ref name="usoc" />
* First, and only, male skater to simultaneously hold all the following titles: [[United States Figure Skating Championships|National]], [[North American Figure Skating Championships|North American]], [[European Figure Skating Championships|European]], [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]], and [[Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics|Olympics]]<ref name="usoc" />
* Youngest man to win the Olympic title in figure skating (aged 18)<ref name="usoc" />