Who was Axel Paulsen?
Axel Paulsen (18 July 1855 – 9 February 1938) was a Norwegian figure skater and speed skater. He invented the figure skating Axel jump and held the world title in speed skating from 1882 to 1890. In 1976 he was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
Besides inventing the Axel jump, he constructed the first modern speed skates with a metal blade fixed to the boot. After the death of his father, he took over his coffee shop and ran it until 1936 together with his brother Edvin.
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earlepg
That hat meant cold weather, perfect for a figure skater.
Lorna Shipton
There is an Alex Paulson who is a New Zealand footballer, should have paid attention to the tense
Kat
Having heard about "Axel" jumps, and loving figure skating (to watch), this was an easy one to figure out.
tbear
Picked the one least likely going by the picture! Not the name! I was right! 😊
deborahpmercer
Karen Mack, My logical process, too!
Naked Kitty Slave
Most difficult jump in skating.
Karen Mack
Looked at his name and assumed a relationship between that and the axel jump in figure skating... and it was correct.
Joseph A. Robitaille
I guess right because he looked and for cold weather.
Pierre Poirier
Figured the Axel was named for him. So, i got the right answer
Denise Currie
The moves, triple and double axel made think straight away of skating