Peter Oppegard
































Peter Oppegard
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born
(1959-08-23) August 23, 1959 (age 59)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Residence California
Former partner
Jill Watson, Vicki Heasley
Skating club LAFSC (Los Angeles Figure Skating Club)
Retired 1988

Medal record



















Pairs' figure skating
Representing the  United States

Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary
Pairs

World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Cincinnati Pairs



Peter Allen Oppegard (born August 23, 1959 in Knoxville, Tennessee)[1] is an American retired pair skater and coach. With his partner Jill Watson, he is the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and a three-time U.S. national champion.


Oppegard initially paired with Vicki Heasley. He began competing with Watson in 1985. In their career, Watson and Oppegard won three national titles, a world bronze medal, an Olympic bronze medal, and various other medals. During Watson and Oppegard's free skate at the 1988 Olympics, a photographer dropped his camera bag onto the ice and an usher walked onto the ice to pick it up while the pair was performing a death spiral on the other side of the rink.[2]


Oppegard later skated with Cindy Landry for a short time.


His skaters have won 10 national singles and pairs titles. The Professional Skaters Association and US Figure Skating has named Oppegard "Choreographer of the Year" and "Coach of the Year". [1]


Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard were inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004.


He coaches at the East West Ice Palace in southern California. He is married to Karen Kwan, sister of world champion figure skater Michelle Kwan, and they have 2 daughters, Olivia Colett Oppegard and Sophia Oppegard.


On October 5, 2010, it was announced that he will become coach of Olympic champion figure skater, Yuna Kim of South Korea.[3]




Contents






  • 1 Results


    • 1.1 With Watson




  • 2 References


  • 3 External links





Results



With Watson






















































International
Event
 84–85
 85–86
 86–87
 87–88
Winter Olympics 3rd
World Championships 4th 6th 3rd 6th
Fujifilm Trophy 1st
NHK Trophy 2nd
Skate America 1st
National
U.S. Championships 1st 2nd 1st 1st


References





  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Peter Oppegard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 23, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Janofsky, Michael (February 17, 1988). "Soviet Skaters Prevail in Pairs". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2012.


  3. ^ Kim Yu Na names Peter Oppegard Coach LA Times




External links



  • Watson and Oppegard competition results

  • Landry and Oppegard competition results

  • Heasley and Oppegard competition results

  • Watson and Oppegard at pairsonice.com

  • Coaching biography


  • U. S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)











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