Lutz jump

Figure skating element
Element nameLutz jump
Scoring abbreviationLz
Element typeJump
Take-off edgeBack outside
Landing edgeBack outside
InventorAlois Lutz

The Lutz is a figure skating jump named after Alois Lutz, an Austrian skater. It is a toepick-assisted jump with an entrance from a back outside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. It is the second-most difficult jump in figure skating and "probably the second-most famous jump after the Axel".

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