Cecilia Colledge A little history. Bielmann spin: No one knows who invented the spin. Cecilia Colledge of Great Britain performed a one-handed Biellmann spin in 1937. Tamara Moskvina of the Soviet Union performed the spin at the 1965 European Championships. Both Janet Champion and Slavka Kohout of the United States performed this spin early on. The spin is named after Swiss skater Denise Biellmann, who popularized the move. Biellmann performed the spin beginning in the 1970s, having learned it f