What does Lutz mean? The Lutz is a figure skating jump in which the skater jumps from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates (at least once) in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate. It is sometimes spelled uncapitalized, as lutz. The jump can be performed with multiple rotations, resulting in a double Lutz (two rotations), triple Lutz (three rotations), or quad (or quadruple) Lutz (four rotations). The Lutz is one of the six recognized jumps in competitive figure skating. Because it is done with the use of the skate’s toe-pick, it is classified as a toe jump (along with the toe loop and flip; the loop, Salchow, and axel are classified as edge jumps). The Lutz is considered one of the most difficult jumps to perform. Example: To the casual viewer, the Lutz and Salchow may look similar, but they require much different techniques.
First recorded in 1935–40; after Alois Lutz (1898-1918), Austrian figure skater, who first performed the jump in 1913
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In “This Dark Night,” Ms. Lutz, a professor literature at Pennsylvania State University, deploys flash and elegance when tracing the wellsprings of her subject’s genius to their sources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
She developed, writes Ms. Lutz, a “weird, witchy” sense of humor, doodled violent images in the margins of her books and made a specialty, in her poetry and prose, of the “nocturnal and crepuscular.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Usually, big swings in crude prices come mainly from shifts in global demand and expectations – not from supply disruptions, according to widely cited research in 2009 by the economist Lutz Kilian.
From Salon ● May 13, 2026
"I have never seen such a rigorous review process," Lutz said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
Bob Lutz left as Stan and I began playing.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
But Nakai stumbled on her triple lutz, which played a major role in knocking her down below Liu and Sakamoto.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Midway through his free skate, Malinin stumbled out of a quadruple lutz that was supposed to be the start of a jump sequence that would be his single highest-scoring element.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
She was the first U.S. woman to complete a quad lutz in competition, doing so in the 2019 Junior Grand Prix in Lake Placid, N.Y.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Siao Him Fa scored 92.50 points for his skate, a tribute to Leonardo da Vinci, which he opened with a perfectly executed quadruple lutz.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
He followed with a perfect quad lutz before a mistake on his planned quad loop, which he turned into a double that appeared to slow down his momentum.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
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