JoJo Starbuck
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| Alternative names | Alicia Starbuck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States |
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| Born | February 14, 1951 Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
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| Former partner | Kenneth Shelley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | John Nicks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Arctic Blades FSC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JoJo Starbuck (born Alicia Starbuck, February 14, 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American figure skater. With partner Kenneth Shelley, she is a three-time United States pair skating champion (1970–1972) and two-time Olympian (1968 and 1972).[1]
Starbuck was from Downey, California. She was first paired with Shelley for a show in 1959, when they were very small children. They started training seriously with coach John Nicks at the Arctic Blades FSC in 1961. In their first year of senior competitions, when they were both 16 years old, they qualified to compete at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Both Starbuck and Shelley attended Downey High School, where they performed off-ice lifts with the cheerleading squad,[2] and Long Beach State College.[3]
Like Shelley, Starbuck was also a skilled singles skater. While Shelley went on to win the national title in singles as well as pairs in 1972, Starbuck retired from singles competition in 1968.[2] After turning professional, Starbuck made occasional appearances skating singles in addition to continuing to skate pairs with Shelley. She also partnered John Curry in the "Tango Tango" number from his show Ice Dancing.
From 1976-83, Starbuck was married to Pittsburgh Steelers and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw. She was Bradshaw's second wife.[4]
Starbuck also had a minor career as an actress, performing in New York Stories (1989),[5] The Cutting Edge (1992),[6] and the TV movie Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice (1996).[7]
She continues to coach[8] and choreograph, and was recently named the Artistic Director of the new Ice Capades.[9] Starbuck lives in Madison, New Jersey, where she teaches at the Essex skating club of New Jersey.[10][11] She is managed by Rosanna Tovi at World Ice Events [7].[citation needed]
[edit] Results
(pairs with Kenneth Shelley)
| Event | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 13th | 4th | ||||
| World Championships | 11th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | |
| North American Championships | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| U.S. Championships | 1st J. | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
[edit] References
- ^ "JoJo Starbuck, Shelley, Retain Ice Figure Title", The Day, New London, Conn. 29 Jan 1971 [1]
- ^ a b "A Gutsy, Gutsy Team / Starbuck & Shelley", Skating magazine, Jan 1970
- ^ "JoJo and Ken", Skating magazine, Dec 1971
- ^ The Best Pittsburgh Sports Arguments (2007), John Mehno, Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN 1402209673 p.225 [2]
- ^ Francis Ford Coppola: interviews, Francis Ford Coppola, Gene D. Phillips, Rodney Hill, University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 1578066662, p.xxxii [3]
- ^ Bibliographic Guide to Dance(1994), v.20-23, New York Public Library [4]
- ^ "Television: Get a Haircut", John Leonard, New York Magazine, p.90 [5]
- ^ "Olympian Starbuck Teaches Skating at Codey Arena", South Orange Patch, 10 Feb 2010 [6]
- ^ IceCapades.tv, August 16, 2008
- ^ Seegers, Sandy. "STARBUCK SAYS IMPROPRIETIES AMONG JUDGES 'NOTHING NEW'", Daily Record (Morristown), February 15, 2002. Accessed March 12, 2011. "Starbuck, a two-time Olympian, watched the competition live at her home in Madison and, like most of the world, felt that Sale and Pelletier were perfect."
- ^ "Our Coaches", Essex Skating Club website
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