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=== Upright spin === {{Main|Upright spin}} [[File:European 2011 Denise Biellmann 2.jpg|thumb|[[Denise Biellmann]], 2011]] The '''upright spin''' is one of the three basic figure skating spin positions. The ISU defines an upright spin as a spin with "any position with the skating leg extended or slightly bent which is not a camel position".<ref name="S&P/ID2021-100">S&P/ID 2021, p. 100</ref> It was invented by British figure skater Cecilia Colledge, who was the first to execute it.{{Snf|Hines|2006|p=112}} Variations of the upright spin include the '''layback spin''', the '''[[Biellmann spin|Biellman spin]]''' (created by world champion [[Denise Biellmann]]),<ref name="kestnbaum-281">Kestnbaum, p. 281</ref>{{Snf|Kestnbaum|2003|p=281}} the '''full layback''', the '''split''', the '''back upright spin''', the '''forward upright spin''', the '''scratch spin''' (also called the blur spin),{{Snf|Kestnbaum|2003|p=280}} and the '''sideways leaning spin'''.<ref name="S&P/ID2021-100"/>
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