Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow (7 August 1877 – 19 April 1949) was a Danish-born Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century.

[1] Salchow won the World Figure Skating Championships ten times, from 1901 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1911.

[3] Salchow did not compete in the 1906 World Championships that were held in Munich, as he feared that he would not be judged fairly against Gilbert Fuchs of Germany.

[4][5] After his competitive days, Salchow remained active in the sport and was president of the International Skating Union (ISU) from 1925 to 1937.

[6] Furthermore, he was the chairman of AIK in Stockholm between 1928 and 1939 – the leading Swedish club in football, ice hockey, bandy, tennis and other sports.