Catarina Lindgren
| Catarina Lindgren | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Margit Catharina Lindgren |
| Born | 10 May 1963 Piteå, Norrbotten, Sweden |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Skating club | Piteå Konståkningsklubb |
| Retired | 1984 |
Margit Catharina Lindgren,[1] known as Catarina Lindgren[2] (born 10 May 1963) is a Swedish figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor. She is a four-time (1981–1984) Swedish national champion. She represented Sweden at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where she placed 20th.
Personal life
Margit Catharina Lindgren was born on 10 May 1963 in Piteå, Norrbotten.[3][1] She married American figure skater Tom Dickson in 1986 and their twins, a boy and a girl, were born in the late 1990s.[4] Their son is named Kai.[5]
Career
Lindgren became a four-time Swedish national champion in the first half of the 1980s. She was sent to the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, where she placed 20th.
After ending her competitive career, Lindgren skated with Ice Capades.[6] She then became a coach and choreographer. As of 2017, she is based at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[2]
Her students and clients include:
- Jeremy Abbott[7]
- Ryan Bradley[8]
- Alexe Gilles[9]
- Kaja Hanevold[10]
- Joshi Helgesson[11]
- Viktoria Helgesson[12]
- Kim Chae-Hwa[13]
- Kim Yuna[14]
- Cheltzie Lee[15]
- Chaochih Liu[16]
- Ross Miner[17]
- Brandon Mroz[18]
- Mirai Nagasu[19]
- Åsa Persson[20]
- Angelika Pylkina & Niklas Hogner[21]
- Darja Škrlj[22]
- Agnes Zawadzki[23]
Competitive highlights
| International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 |
| Winter Olympics | 20th | ||||
| World Championships | 18th | 19th | 17th | ||
| European Championships | 16th | 22nd | 21st | ||
| Nordic Championships | 3rd | ||||
| NHK Trophy | 7th | 5th | |||
| National[24] | |||||
| Swedish Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Catharina Lindgren". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Coach Biographies". Broadmoor World Arena. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Catharina LINDGREN". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Burke, David (November 26, 2009). "'Disney on Ice' choreographers have an Olympic pedigree". Quad-City Times. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Stevens, Ryan (September 4, 2013). "Interview With Tom Dickson". Skate Guard.
- ^ Kisselgoff, Anna (January 22, 1988). "Dance: Ice Capades, Torvill and Dean". The New York Times.
- ^ Abbott Archived June 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bradley
- ^ Gilles Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hanevold Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Helgesson Archived January 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Helgesson
- ^ Kim Chae-Hwa
- ^ Kim Yuna Archived May 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lee Archived 2009-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Liu Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Miner
- ^ Mroz Archived October 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nagasu
- ^ Persson Archived January 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pylkina & Hogner Archived 2004-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Skrlj Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Svenska Mästerskapen i Konståkning för Damer" (PDF) (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
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