Nikolai Panin
...that in 1908 Nikolai Panin became Russia's first Olympic champion by winning the figure skating special figures event, the only year in which it was an Olympic event?
...that in 1908 <b id="mwB-0"><a href="./Nikolai_Panin" id="mwB-4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nikolai Panin">Nikolai Panin</a></b> became <a href="./Russia" id="mwB-8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russia">Russia</a>'s first <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Olympic_games" id="mwB_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Olympic games">Olympic</a> champion by winning the <a href="./Figure_skating" id="mwB_E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Figure skating">figure skating</a> <a href="./Special_figures" id="mwB_I" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special figures">special figures</a> event, the only year in which it was an Olympic event?