Peter Carruthers (figure skater)

For the professor of philosophy, see Peter Carruthers (philosopher).

Olympic medal record
Figure Skating
Silver	1984 Sarajevo	Pairs

Peter Carruthers
Personal information
Full name	Peter W. Carruthers
Country represented	United States
Born	(1959-07-22) July 22, 1959 Boston
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Partner	Kitty Carruthers
Former coach	Ron Ludington
Skating club	SC of Wilmington
Medal record Competitor for United States Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games Silver 1984 Sarajevo Pairs World Championships Bronze 1982 Copenhagen Pairs

Peter W. Carruthers (born July 22, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American pair skater. He competed with his adopted sister Kitty Carruthers. They are the 1981-1984 U.S. national champions, the 1982 World bronze medalists, and the 1984 Olympic silver medalists.

In 1999, they were inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame. After retiring from professional skating, Carruthers worked as a skating analyst for the Fox, ABC, and ESPN television networks.

2010 Carruthers worked as a daily NBC Olympics skating broadcast analyst on NBC's Universal Sports Network.

Competitive highlights

(with Carruthers)

Event	1979-80	1980-81	1981-82	1982-83	1983-84
Winter Olympic Games	5th				2nd
World Championships	7th	5th	3rd	4th
U.S. Championships	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
Skate America	2nd		2nd		1st
NHK Trophy			1st
Nebelhorn Trophy	1st
Coupe des Alpes	1st

References

• "Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 2 - 1974 - current" (PDF). Skate Canada. 
• Past U.S. Champions - Senior PDF (123 KiB)
• Sports-reference profile

External links

• Pairs on Ice profile