Sheryl Franks (born May 26, 1961 in
) is an American former
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 ...
who competed with
Michael Botticelli
Michael P. Botticelli (born January 2, 1958) is an American public health official who served as the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) from March 2014 until the end of President Obama's term. He was named ...
.
The couple won the bronze medal at the
United States Figure Skating Championships
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often ...
four consecutive times (from 1977–80), won the Eastern US Pairs Championship in 1977-79, and placed ninth in the World Championships in 1977-79, and 10th in 1980.
They finished seventh at the
1980 Winter Olympic Games
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Lake Placid was elected ...
.
Franks subsequently became a skating coach, forming The Sheryl Franks Creative Skating Academy in
West Newton, Massachusetts, and choreographed for future Olympian for Israel
Aimee Buchanan
Aimee Buchanan (born June 11, 1993) is an American-Israeli former competitive figure skater who competed in ladies' singles for Israel. She is a two-time Israeli national champion and competed in the team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
E ...
.
Results
(pairs with
Michael Botticelli
Michael P. Botticelli (born January 2, 1958) is an American public health official who served as the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) from March 2014 until the end of President Obama's term. He was named ...
)
References
External links
Sports-Reference.comThe Sheryl Franks Creative Skating Academy
1961 births
American female pair skaters
Olympic figure skaters for the United States
Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Living people
21st-century American women
20th-century American women
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