Lutz jump

**Figure skating element**
Figure skating element
Element name	Lutz jump
Scoring abbreviation	Lz
Element type	Jump
Take-off edge	Back outside
Landing edge	Back outside
Inventor	Alois Lutz

The Lutz is a figure skating jump, named after Alois Lutz, an Austrian skater who performed it in 1913. 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^[1] and "probably the second-most famous jump after the Axel".^[2]

^ Park, Alice (22 February 2018). "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Figure Skating Jumps and Scores". Time Magazine. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ "Identifying Jumps" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[park-1] Park, Alice (22 February 2018). "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Figure Skating Jumps and Scores". Time Magazine. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[usfsa-2] "Identifying Jumps" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

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