Gary Visconti
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| Born | May 10, 1945 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Country | United States |
Gary Charles Visconti (born May 10, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan)[1] is an American former figure skater. He won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice, and captured the bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships twice.[2][3] He served as president of the SoCal Olympians from 1986 to 1990. For many years following his retirement from active competition, he worked as a coach in West Los Angeles.
More recently, he has focused on refining his artistic skills as a painter and has worked on an exhibit with Art of the Olympians.[4]
Results
[edit]| Event | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
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| Winter Olympics | 5th[1] | ||||||||
| World Championships | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | ||||
| North American Championships | 1st | 3rd | |||||||
| U.S. Championships | 5th J. | 4th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
References
[edit]- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gary Visconti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
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- ↑ "Art of the Olympians | Gary Visconti". artoftheolympians.org. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
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Categories:
- American male single skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters for the United States
- American figure skating coaches
- Living people
- 1945 births
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Figure skaters from Detroit
- American people of Italian descent
- American painters
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American male painters