# Axel lift

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{{Short description|Movement in pair skating}}
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An '''Axel lift'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Introduction to Lifts in Pairs Skating |url=https://www.soyouwanttowatchfs.com/guides/lifts-pairs |website=soyouwanttowatchfs.com |access-date=4 December 2025}}</ref> in [pair skating](/source/pair_skating) is a movement where the woman is lifted and turned over her partner's head one and a half times.
The lift begins from a position of holding hands on one side. Her partner lifts her with his hand under her armpit, starting from the woman's outside forward edge and ending on the outside backward edge of her opposite [skate](/source/ice_skate). During this movement, the man rotates underneath her.

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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080515023301/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Axel+Lift&offset=0 Axel lift]

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