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Priscilla Hill
Priscilla Hill-Wampler (born October 4, 1961) is an American figure skating coach and former competitor. She is a two-time U.S. national medalist (silver in 1981, bronze in 1978) and finished within the top ten at two World Championships. She won gold at three international events – the 1974 Nebelhorn Trophy, the 1975 Prague Skate, and 1977 Richmond Trophy. In 1975, she became the first American woman to land the triple loop jump in competition. Personal life Priscilla Hill was born on October 4, 1961. She would marry Jon Wampler, a commercial airline pilot. In 2005, she was diagnosed with Graves' disease. After pausing her coaching career in 2012, she became a certified Sporting Group and Terrier Group groomer with the National Dog Grooming Association of America and also began competing in agility events with her dogs. Competitive career Hill passed her eighth compulsory figures test and gold freestyle test at the age of nine, possibly the youngest person ever to do so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Hadford
Katherine "Kati" Hadford (born 24 July 1989) is a Hungarian-American former competitive figure skater who skated internationally for Hungary. She is the 2008 and 2010 Hungarian national silver medalist and three time (2006, 2007, 2009) bronze medalist. Personal life Hadford was born in Vienna, Virginia, United States in the United States. Her mother is a Hungarian citizen and her grandparents (György Szele and Kornélia Széchényi) fled Hungary in the 1950s to escape communism. She is related to István Széchenyi. She moved to Hungary when she began representing that country in competition. She is bilingual in Hungarian and English. Career Hadford previously skated for the United States. Hadford began representing Hungary internationally in the 2006/2007 season. Competitive highlights For Hungary For the United States References External links * * Hadford's Hungarian website: http://katihadford.eoldal.hu American female single skaters Hungarian female si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Delaware Figure Skating Club
The University of Delaware Figure Skating Club ''(UDFSC)'' was chartered in January 1986. The University of Delaware is home to the University of Delaware Ice Arena, Blue (Fred Rust Arena) and Gold arenas which serve as the home of the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club and the Delaware Ice Skating Science Development Center (ISSDC). The University of Delaware Ice Skating Science Development Center (ISSDC) is a year-round training facility designed to meet the needs of figure skaters, first-time competitors and Olympians. The ISSDC was directed by Ronald Ludington, who coached skaters in 9 consecutive Olympic Winter Games, Olympics and 36 World Figure Skating Championships, World Championships. His personal credentials included several skating titles: U.S. Pair Champion (1956–60), U.S. Silver Dance Champion (1958), World Bronze Medalist (1959), Olympic Bronze Medalist (1960), and World Invitational Dance Champion (1965). Coaching staff The University of Delaware FSC i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pelletier (American Figure Skater)
David Pelletier (born July 14, 1982 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts) is an American pair skater. With Andrea Varraux, Pelletier won the 2003 Junior Grand Prix event in Croatia and placed fourth in Ostrava. They went on to place seventh at the Junior Grand Prix Final. Pelletier and Varraux are the 2004 US National junior bronze medalists and placed eighth at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships that year. In 2005, after his split with Andrea Varraux, he skated with, but did not compete with, Anchalee Voogd. Following their split he moved to Switzerland and Italy to study and skate. A short clip of his skating can be seen on America's Next Top Model Cycle 9. Pelletier is not related to Canadian pair skater David Pelletier David Jacques Pelletier (born November 22, 1974) is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With his former wife Jamie Salé, he was the co-gold medal winner at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. They shared the gold medal with the Russian pair Elena B .... Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Varraux
Andrea Varraux (born February 7, 1986, in Orlando, Florida) is an American pair skater. With David Pelletier, Varraux won the 2003 Junior Grand Prix event in Croatia and placed fourth in Ostrava. They went on to place seventh at the Junior Grand Prix Final. Pelletier and Varraux are the 2004 US National junior bronze medalists and placed eighth at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The first World J ... that year. Varraux also competed on the senior level as a singles skater. Personal life DATE OF BIRTH = February 7 Results Ladies' singles Pairs (with Pelletier) External links * Pairs on Ice profile American female pair skaters 1986 births Living people 21st-century American women 20th-century American women {{US-figure-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Copely
Dean J. Copely, Jr. (born August 28, 1989) is an American former competitive Ice Dancer. With Charlotte Lichtman, he is the 2011 World Junior Ice Dance Bronze Medalist and 2011 U.S. Junior Ice Dance Champion. Career Dean Copely began skating in 1993. He began as a singles skater and competed at the intermediate level coached by Priscilla Hill for six years. He began training in ice dance at the age of 12 at which time he partnered with Rachel Siegel and competed with her on the juvenile level. He later partnered and competed with Ashley Foy in ice dance. Dean also competed for a season in juvenile Pair Skating with Meredith Pipkin . Dean qualified for the U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships in all three disciplines. Copely competed at both the Novice and Junior levels with Anastasia Cannuscio until April 2008 when he relocated to Canton, Michigan to train with Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva known for coaching many North American and European teams to National and Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Copely
Katherine Leigh Copely (born January 9, 1988) is a former American-born Ice Dancer who competed internationally for Lithuania. With partner Deividas Stagniūnas, she is the 4 time Lithuanian National Champion with Bronze Medals at both Golden Spin of Zagreb and Nebelhorn Trophy. Together they qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada after placing in the top 20 at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles, California. She received her medical degree in 2018 from Central Michigan University College of Medicine. Copely partnered with Duke Wensel in 2002. They competed until 2004 on the Novice and Junior levels. From 2004 to 2006, Copely skated at the Junior level with Patrick Connelly. She teamed up with Stagniunas in 2006 to compete for Lithuania. By the end of their partnership they were #10 in Europe and #14 in the World. Though thequalified the team was subsequently prevented from competing at the 2010 Winter Olympics as Katherine wadenied Lith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Zukowski
Christine Zukowski (born August 9, 1989, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2006 World Junior bronze medalist. Zukowski started skating at age five. She changed coaches to Priscilla Hill before the 2007 U.S. Championships, where she placed 10th. After missing the 2007–08 season, she announced her retirement in April 2008 due to a chronic back injury. Programs Competitive highlights ''GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...'' References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zukowski, Christine 1989 births Living people American female single skaters Figure skaters from Philadelphia World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 21st-century American spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa James
Vanessa James Amoros (Birth name, née James; born 27 September 1987) is a Canadian retired pair skater. Representing France with her former skating partner, Morgan Ciprès, she is the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships, 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships, 2018 World bronze medallist, the 2017 European Figure Skating Championships, 2017 European bronze medallist, the 2018–19 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 2018 Grand Prix Final champion, and a six-time French Figure Skating Championships, French national champion. They have also won medals in ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix and ISU Challenger Series, Challenger Series competitions. James and Ciprès competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. With her previous partner Yannick Bonheur, James represented France at the Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympics, placing fourteenth. She also competed as a ladies' single skatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Petukhov
Denis Alexandrovich Petukhov (; born October 6, 1978) is a retired Russian-American ice dancer. With his wife Melissa Gregory, he is the 2005 Four Continents silver medalist, a 2006 United States Olympic team member, and a four-time (2004–07) U.S. national silver medalist. Personal life Petukhov was raised in Kirov by his mother, Lubov. He has one younger sister, Natalia. Gregory and Petukhov were married in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 2, 2001. The next month they flew to Kirov, Russia so that Petukhov's family could celebrate their marriage as well. The couple's son, Daxton Dale Petukhov, was born on November 21, 2014. They welcomed their 2nd son Lennox William Petukhov on June 14, 2017. Petukhov became a U.S. citizen on February 22, 2005. Career Petukhov began skating at age eight, in ice dancing from the start. He originally competed for Russia with partner Oksana Potdykova, with whom he was the 2000 Russian national bronze medalist and a two-time medalist at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Gregory
Melissa Gregory (born May 22, 1981) is an American former ice dancer. With partner and husband Denis Petukhov, she is the 2005 Four Continents silver medalist, a 2006 United States Olympic team member, and a four-time (2004–07) U.S. national silver medalist. Personal life Gregory was born in Highland Park, Illinois. Her father Joseph is Catholic and her mother Dale is Jewish. She has an older brother Michael. Gregory and Petukhov met in August 2000, when he came to the United States in search of an ice dancing partner, with a list of several persons he planned to meet. Gregory was also seeking a partner then, prepared to give up skating if she could not find one. The couple found that they skated well together and began a new partnership. They were married in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 2, 2001. The next month they flew to Kirov, Russia so that Petukhov's family could also celebrate their marriage. The couple's son, Daxton Dale Petukhov, was born on November 21, 2014. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Wagner
Ashley Elisabeth Wagner (born May 16, 1991) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships, 2016 World silver medalist, a Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, the 2012 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2012 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Grand Prix Final medalist (1 silver, 2 bronze), a thirteen-time ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix medalist (5 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze), and a three-time U.S. national champion (2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2012, 2013 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2013, and 2015 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2015). Wagner competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Sochi, Russia, and placed 7th. At the junior level, Wagner is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist (2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2007, 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from February 26 to March 2 at the Winter Sports Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. Medals table Competition notes Susanna Pöykiö became the first Finnish ladies' singles skater to medal at an ISU Championships. Yuko Kavaguti Yuko Kavaguti (also: Kawaguchi; Japanese: , , born 20 November 1981) is a retired pair skater who has represented Japan and Russia in international competition. In 2006, she began competing with Alexander Smirnov (figure skater), Alexander Smirno ... / Alexander Markuntsov became the first pair representing Japan to medal at an ISU Championships. This was the first World Junior Figure Skating Championships that The National Anthem of The Russian Fedoration was heard. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
