David Neil Santee (born July 22, 1957 in

Oak Park, Illinois Oak Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, adjacent to Chicago. It is the List of municipalities in Illinois, 26th-most populous municipality in Illinois, with a population of 54,318 as of the 2020 census. Oak Park was first se ...

) is an American former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. He finished fourth in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, and is the 1981 World silver medalist and an eight-time U.S. national medalist. He competed at the

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twice. His younger brother James Santee was also an elite-level skater. David was inducted to both the U.S. Figure Skating and ISI Hall of Fame in 2015. He achieved the PSA Master Coach's rating in 2017. Santee is an ISU Technical Specialist. He also works as a coach. He coached Agnes Zawadzki for seven years as a child and again since June 2011. He is currently the Director of Skating at the Oakton Ice Arena in his hometown of Park Ridge, Illinois. He has served on the ISI Board of Directors as the Instructors Rep for many years and is ISI's representative to the US Figure Skating Board of Directors. He has two sons.

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1957 births American male single skaters Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics American figure skating coaches International Skating Union technical specialists Olympic figure skaters for the United States Living people Sportspeople from Park Ridge, Illinois World Figure Skating Championships medalists 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub