Peter Oppegard
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| Bronze | 1988 Calgary | Pairs |
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| Full name | Peter Oppegard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States |
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| Born | August 23, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Jill Watson, Vicki Heasley | ||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | East West Ice Palace | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Oppegard (born August 23, 1959) is an American retired pair skater and coach. With his partner Jill Watson, he won three U.S. championships and a bronze medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Oppegard initially paired with Vicki Heasley. He began competing with Watson in 1985. In their career, Watson and Oppegard won three national titles, a world bronze medal, an Olympic bronze medal, and various other medals. Oppegard later skated with Cindy Landry for a short time.
His skaters have won 10 national singles and pairs titles. The Professional Skaters Association and US Figure Skating has named Oppegard "Choreographer of the Year" and "Coach of the Year". [1]
Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard were inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004.
He coaches at the East West Ice Palace in southern California. He is married to Karen Kwan, sister of world champion figure skater Michelle Kwan, and they have 2 daughters, Olivia Colett Oppegard and Sophia Oppegard.
On October 5, 2010, it was announced that he will become coach of Olympic champion figure skater, Kim Yu-Na of South Korea.[1]
[edit] Results
(pairs with Jill Watson)
| Event | 1984-85 | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | 1987-88 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 3rd | |||
| World Championships | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 6th |
| U.S. Championships | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
| Skate America | 1st | |||
| Fujifilm Trophy | 1st | |||
| NHK Trophy | 2nd |
[edit] External links
- Watson and Oppegard competition results
- Landry and Oppegard competition results
- Heasley and Oppegard competition results
- Watson and Oppegard at pairsonice.com
- Coaching biography
- U. S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame
