Todd Sand (born October 30, 1963) is an American

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With his wife

Jenni Meno Jenni N. Meno (born November 10, 1970 in Westlake, Ohio) is an American former competitive pair skater. With her husband Todd Sand, she is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-time U.S. nat ...

, he is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-time U.S. national champion (1994–96). With his previous partner

Natasha Kuchiki Natasha Maria Hanako Kuchiki (born October 28, 1976) is an American former competitive pair skater. She is the 1991 World bronze medalist with Todd Sand. Personal life Kuchiki was born in Burbank, California. Her parents, Denise and Sashi, we ...

, he is the 1991 World bronze medalist.

Personal life

Sand was born in Burbank,

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. He has dual American and Danish citizenship, since his father is Danish. He is married to Jenni Meno, with whom he has two sons, Jack, born in 2004, and Matthew Kenneth, born on August 14, 2006.

Early career

Early in his career, Sand represented

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as a

single skater Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...

. He competed for that country at the

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and

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in the early 1980s. In 1985, Sand began competing as a pair skater with Lori Blasko, representing the

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. They were the 1985 U.S. national bronze medalists on the junior level.

Career with Kuchiki

Sand teamed up with

in spring 1989. They won three senior pairs medals at the U.S. Championships, including gold in 1991, and competed at three World Championships, winning a surprising bronze in

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. They also competed at the

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, where they placed 6th. Kuchiki and Sand announced the end of their partnership in April 1992.

Career with Meno

Meno and Sand teamed up on the ice in April 1992. They had immediate success, qualifying for the 1993 World Figure Skating Championships in their first season with a 2nd-place finish at the U.S Nationals, and were the top Americans there placing 5th, qualifying 3 teams for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. They became U.S Champions in 1994, then placed 5th in arguably the strongest pairs field assembled in history in Lillehammer with 2 clean skates. In 1995 they won their 2nd consecutive U.S title with perhaps their finest performance ever, gaining 6 perfect 6.0s for artistic impression. They then came from 5th after the short program to win the bronze medal at the

1995 World Figure Skating Championships The 1995 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Birmingham, UK on 7–12 March. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Medal tables Medalists Medals by country R ...

. In 1996 they won their 3rd consecutive U.S title, and again climbed from 5th to 3rd, and won their second consecutive World bronze medal. In 1997, they set themselves up as possible contenders for the World title early in the season, beating both the World gold and World silver medalist

Marina Eltsova Marina Alexeevna Eltsova (russian: Марина Алексеевна Ельцова; born 4 February 1970) is a Russian former pair skater. She represented the Soviet Union until its fall, and, after that, Russia. With partner Andrei Bushkov, sh ...

and

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, and

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and

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in fall competitions. They had also gained the necessary side by side triple toes that had prevented them from a higher finish than 3rd place at the previous 2 World Championships. They however lost their form and suffered a last place finish at the Champions Series final in Hamilton, Ontario, and lost their U.S title to

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and

Jason Dungjen Jason Dungjen (born September 28, 1967) is an American figure skating coach and a former pair skater. With Kyoko Ina, he is a two-time Skate America silver medalist, a three-time Nations Cup medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion. With ...

. With a chance for the World title after major mistakes by the other top teams they suffered another lackluster outing and dropped to 5th at the 1997 World Figure Skating Championships. They missed much of the 1997-1998 competitive season with injury, and had to withdraw from the U.S Championships after the short program, but on their past record were named to the team for the in Nagano, Japan. After a dismal performance in Nagano in finishing 8th, they ended their career on a high on home ice in Minneapolis at the 1998 World Figure Skating Championships, winning the short program, and taking the silver medal, their highest finish ever at Worlds. Following their retirement from competitive skating, they skated professionally in the Stars on Ice tour for six seasons.

Post Skating Career

Sand appeared in the

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with double Olympic gold medallist

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. They were eliminated in quarterfinal (Week 6) after the judges' votes to save

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and her partner

Matt Evers Matt Evers (born March 16, 1976) is an American pair skater, model and actor. He is the 1998 U.S. Junior champion, and has competed in every series of the ITV series ''Dancing on Ice''. Career With his partner Heather Allebach, Evers won the J ...

. Sand works as a coach with his wife. They previously coached John Baldwin /

Rena Inoue is a Japanese-born American retired pair skater. With partner John Baldwin, she is the 2004 and 2006 U.S. National Champion. Inoue previously competed for Japan as both a single skater and pair skater. Inoue and Baldwin are the first skaters t ...

Mary Beth Marley Mary Beth Marley (born May 19, 1995) is an American pair skater. With former partner Rockne Brubaker, she is the 2012 Four Continents bronze medalist and 2012 U.S. silver medalist. Previously, Marley competed in single skating and became the 2 ...

Rockne Brubaker Rockne Lee Brubaker, II (born June 21, 1986) is an American former competitive pair skater. With Keauna McLaughlin, he is the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2007 World Junior champion, and a two-time (2008–2009) U.S. national cham ...

, and

Jessica Calalang Jessica Noelle Calalang (born February 24, 1995) is an American pair skater. With her current partner Brian Johnson, she is a three-time U.S. national silver medalist (2020–22) and a three-time Challenger series medalist, including gold at the ...

Zack Sidhu Zack Sidhu (born October 21, 1991) is an American pair skater. With Jessica Calalang, he won three medals on the ISU Challenger Series – bronze at the 2014 CS Skate Canada Autumn Classic and silver at the 2014 and 2016 CS U.S. International C ...

. Currently, they coach

Alexa Scimeca Knierim Alexa Paige Knierim, née Scimeca (born June 10, 1991) is an American pair skater. With her skating partner, Brandon Frazier, she is the 2022 World champion, a 2022 Olympic silver medalist in the figure skating team event, the 2022 Grand Prix ...

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. Sand is an ISU Technical Specialist. He was a technical specialist for the men's event at the 2005 World Championships.ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships
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Competitive highlights

Pairs career for the United States

With Jenni Meno

With Natasha Kuchiki

With Lori Blasko

Singles career for Denmark

References

External links

Official site

The Figure Skating Corner profile

Pairs on Ice: Blasko & Sand

Pairs on Ice: Kuchiki & Sand

Pairs on Ice: Meno & Sand

Meno, Sand to coach Inoue, Baldwin

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