- Charles Tickner
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Charles Tickner Personal information Country represented United States Born November 13, 1953 Medal recordCompetitor for United States Men's Figure skating Olympic Games Bronze 1980 Lake Placid Men's singles World Championships Bronze 1980 Dortmund Men's singles Gold 1978 Ottawa Men's singles Olympic medal record Figure Skating Bronze 1980 Lake Placid Men's Singles Charles Tickner (born November 13, 1953 in Lafayette, CA) is an American figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships, skating to music from Georges Bizet's Carmen and Jules Massenet's Le Cid (opera) for his long program. He also won the bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1980 World Championships. He is married and has three sons, and he currently resides in the East Bay, California.
Results
Event 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 Winter Olympic Games 3rd World Championships 5th 1st 4th 3rd U.S. Championships 7th J. 10th 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st Skate Canada International 3rd 2nd 2nd Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd References
United States national champions in figure skating – Men's singles 1914: Norman M. Scott • 1918: Nathaniel Niles • 1920–1924: Sherwin Badger • 1925: Nathaniel Niles • 1926: Chris Christenson • 1927: Nathaniel Niles • 1928–1934: Roger Turner • 1935–1939: Robin Lee • 1940–1941: Eugene Turner • 1942: Bobby Specht • 1943: Arthur Vaughn Jr. • 1946–1952: Dick Button • 1953–1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins • 1957–1960: David Jenkins • 1961: Bradley Lord • 1962: Monty Hoyt • 1963: Thomas Litz • 1964: Scott Allen • 1965: Gary Visconti • 1966: Scott Allen • 1967: Gary Visconti • 1968–1970: Tim Wood • 1971: John Misha Petkevich • 1972: Kenneth Shelley • 1973–1975: Gordon McKellen, Jr. • 1976: Terry Kubicka • 1977–1980: Charles Tickner • 1981–1984: Scott Hamilton • 1985–1988: Brian Boitano • 1989: Christopher Bowman • 1990–1991: Todd Eldredge • 1992: Christopher Bowman • 1993–1994: Scott Davis • 1995: Todd Eldredge • 1996: Rudy Galindo • 1997–1998: Todd Eldredge • 1999–2000: Michael Weiss • 2001: Timothy Goebel • 2002: Todd Eldredge • 2003: Michael Weiss • 2004–2006: Johnny Weir • 2007–2008: Evan Lysacek • 2009–2010: Jeremy Abbott • 2011: Ryan Bradley
Categories:- 1953 births
- American male single skaters
- Olympic figure skaters of the United States
- Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
- American figure skating biography stubs
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