Broadmoor Skating Club

Infobox skating club
clubname= Broadmoor Skating Club
location=Colorado Springs, Colorado
rink=Colorado Springs World Arena
president=John LeFevre
director=
coach=
establish=1939
contact=
website= http://www.broadmoorsc.com/The Broadmoor Skating Club is a figure skating club based in Colorado Springs, Colorado that has long been a major training center for the sport of figure skating. Founded in 1939, it was originally known as the Pikes Peak Skating Club, and was based in the Broadmoor World Arena on the grounds of the Broadmoor Hotel. When that facility was demolished in 1994, the club moved to its current home at the Colorado Springs World Arena.

Notable skaters who trained at or represented the Broadmoor Skating Club include:
* Ryan Bradley
* Nicole Bobek
* Scott Davis
* Todd Eldredge
* Peggy Fleming
* Ryan Jahnke
* David Jenkins
* Hayes Alan Jenkins
* Vivian Joseph & Ronald Joseph
* Caryn Kadavy
* Karol & Peter Kennedy
* Ann Patrice McDonough
* Keauna Mclaughlin & Rockne Brubaker
* Melissa & Mark Militano
* Brandon Mroz
* Colleen O'Connor and Jim Millns
* Renee Roca & Gorsha Sur
* Elizabeth Punsalan & Jerod Swallow
* Jill Trenary
* Tiffany Vise & Derek Trent
* Tim Wood
* Paul Wylie

Prominent coaches associated with the club have included Edi Scholdan, Carlo Fassi, Kathy Casey, Tom Zakrajsek, and Tom Dickson. The club has benefitted in recent years from its proximity to both the United States Figure Skating Association headquarters and the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

The club hosted the U.S. Figure Skating Championships six times between 1948 and 1976, and the World Figure Skating Championships five times during the same period, at the Broadmoor World Arena facility. More recently, the club has hosted events such as the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Skate America, and the Grand Prix Final.

External links

* [http://www.broadmoorsc.com/ Broadmoor Skating Club web site]