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  1.                                 Dick Button changed the 
  2.                                 sport of figure skating by 
  3.                                 inventing new jumps and 
  4.                                 inspiring other skaters to 
  5.                                 be more athletic and
  6.                                 acrobatic. 
  7.  
  8. Dick grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, 
  9. where he began figure skating when he was 
  10. 12. He loved to skate but often had trouble 
  11. staying on his feet. At practice, he would fall 
  12. so much that he had to bring dry clothes to 
  13. change into! Dick went on to become a five-
  14. time world champion and seven-time U.S. 
  15. champion. He also won two Olympic gold 
  16. medals.
  17.  
  18. Two days before the 1948 Olympics,
  19. Dick completed the first double Axel in 
  20.