: a backward figure-skating jump with a takeoff from the outside edge of one skate followed by a full turn in the air and a landing on the outside edge of the other skate
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Her triple jumps, including a lutz, were executed with smoothness that contradicted the pressure of the moment.
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Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
There are six types of jumps in skating in order of difficulty: the toe loop, the loop, the salchow, the flip, the lutz and the Axel, named after its creator Axel Paulsen.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The lutz sometimes comes at the end of a relatively long glide, especially in women’s skating.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
Shcherbakova, who also won last month’s Skate America, included a triple lutz-triple loop combination and three more triples.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
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Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
There are six types of jumps in skating in order of difficulty: the toe loop, the loop, the salchow, the flip, the lutz and the Axel, named after its creator Axel Paulsen.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The lutz sometimes comes at the end of a relatively long glide, especially in women’s skating.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
Shcherbakova, who also won last month’s Skate America, included a triple lutz-triple loop combination and three more triples.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
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“Lutz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lutz. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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