<Li> In the early years of skating, jumping was the exclusive domain of men . Sonja Henie is generally acknowledged as the first female skater to perform an Axel jump . Today, however, her Axel technique (preserved in her many films) would be considered very poor, since her jumps were badly pre-rotated without a "step up", giving them more the character of a jumped spin . </Li> <Li> In 1953, Carol Heiss was the first woman to perform a double Axel . </Li> <Li> Thirty - five years later, Midori Ito (JPN) became the first woman to land the triple Axel jump in competition, when she first performed it at the 1988 NHK Trophy . Since then, seven other women (Tonya Harding (USA), Yukari Nakano (JPN), Ludmila Nelidina (RUS), Mao Asada (JPN), Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS), Rika Kihira (JPN) and Mirai Nagasu (USA)) have succeeded in completing the jump in international competition, while another woman, Kimmie Meissner (USA), first completed the jump at the 2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships . </Li> <Li> Midori Ito (JPN), Mao Asada (JPN), and Mirai Nagasu (USA) are the only women who have landed triple Axel jumps in Olympic games . </Li>

Who was the first woman to land a triple axle at the olympics