Yvonne Gómez

Yvonne Gómez
Full name	Yvonne Gómez Muñoz
Born	(1966-12-19) December 19, 1966 San Francisco, California
Height	157 cm (5.15 ft)
Figure skating career
Country	Spain United States
Coach	Linda Leaver

Template:Spanish name Yvonne Gómez Muñoz (born December 19, 1966 in San Francisco, California) is a Spanish-American figure skater who competed internationally for both Spain and the United States. She represented Spain at the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1988 and 1989 World Championships.

A member of the United States International Team (1983-1987), she represented the United States in two World University Games claiming the bronze medal at the 1987 Winter Universiade. She, along her lifelong friend Brian Boitano, was coached by Linda Leaver and the three remain the best of friends to this day. Following her retirement from competitive skating, Yvonne skated professionally on the Brian Boitano and Katarina Witt Ice Skating Tour, USA and Canada (1990-1992) and had the role of Michaela in Horant H. Hohlfeld's Emmy winning HBO movie Carmen on Ice, 1990. She is married to Dr. Jeremy Howell, a professor at the University of San Francisco, and has two children, Catrin and Matias.

Television

After retiring from professional skating, Yvonne spent the next decade carving out a career in television sport and entertainment programming. Mentored by world renowned CBS sports director Bob Fishman, Yvonne became an Emmy nominated television director of network entertainment television specials and international figure skating competitions (NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, Turner, PBS, Lifetime), World figure skating championships and numerous television specials featuring Olympic figure skaters and musicians such as Seal, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, Josh Groban, Burt Bacharach, Andrea Bocelli, Smokey Robinson, Demi Lavato, Wynona Judd, Gretchen Wilson, Sara Evans, Michael Bolton, Michael McDonald, OAR, Bella Thorne, Cody Simpson, Goo Goo Dolls, Backstreet Boys, Chicago, Jonas Brothers, Frankie Vali, Amy Grant, Chris Isaac, Celtic Woman, Earth Wind and Fire, Ashanti, Foreigner, Heart, Train, OAR, and Aretha Franklin.

She has received two Emmy Directing nominations for Outstanding Directing in a Special Category (2003, 2008)

High Performance Coaching

While a successful television director, Yvonne returned to university and obtained a master's degree in Sport Psychology, an area of interest from her competitive figure skating days when she worked with Dr. Bruce Ogilvie, one of the pioneers of sports psychology in the United States. With a growing high performance consulting portfolio, she currently works with the University of San Francisco Athletic Department (Men's Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, Cross Country, Track & Field, Golf, Soccer; Women's Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Golf, Cross Country, Track and Field), San Francisco Elite Soccer Academy, Spanish Olympic Figure Skating Federation, University of New Mexico Volleyball, and individual athletes on the Symmetra Golf Tour, European PGA, US International and National Figure Skating Team, Junior National Squash, Formula Russell car racing, Major League Soccer, and United Soccer League.

Figure Skating Results

International
Event	82–83 (USA)	83–84 (USA)	84–85 (USA)	85–86 (USA)	86–87 (USA)	87–88 (ESP)	88–89 (ESP)
Olympics						18th
Worlds						13th	18th
Europeans							10th
Danubius Trophy				1st
Ennia Challenge			3rd
NHK Trophy					5th		4th
Universiade					3rd
National
U.S. Champ.	2nd J	8th		7th
J = Junior level

See also

• List of the best positions of Spain in the Olympic Winter events

References

• "Yvonne Gomez". Sports Reference.
• Elfman, Lois (February 19, 2009). "Gomez finds new direction behind the camera". IceNetwork.com.

External links

• Yvonne Gómez at IMDb