Erik Larson (figure skater)
Encyclopedia
Erik Larson is a former American
figure skater. In 1985 he was coached by 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic bronze medalist Barbara Ann Roles Williams, and he became the first American figure skater to win a World Junior Championship
title in the United States. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=121k2H4tpwo. It was at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver at the 1988 U.S. National Championships that Robin Cousins choreographed his standing ovation long program. While training at The Broadmoor in 1989 in Colorado Springs, Erik invented "The Larson Spin".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ZFsL_fezs. The following year at the 1989 U.S. Nationals Erik placed 3rd in the short program and became a World Team Alternate. The town of St.Paul Minn. hosted the 1990 Olympic Festival Championships and with the help of the Great Carlo Fassi and child ice Follies star Janet Champion he clinched the gold, beating his nemesis the 1985 U.S. National Junior Champion Doug Mattis. After his competitive career was over do to an ankle injury, he starred as "Buttons the cellar boy" in Dorothy Hamill's Ice Capades "Cinderella Frozen in time".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSJLRJrYCCA. There were numerous other tours like Gershwin on Ice with Peggy Fleming, The Osmond Brothers tour in Las Vegas. Currently Erik is teaching at The Palm Beach Skate Zone with his wife Rosie and they have one child, he is also the owner of BellaICE Skating Events.com.
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figure skater. In 1985 he was coached by 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic bronze medalist Barbara Ann Roles Williams, and he became the first American figure skater to win a World Junior Championship
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...
title in the United States. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=121k2H4tpwo. It was at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver at the 1988 U.S. National Championships that Robin Cousins choreographed his standing ovation long program. While training at The Broadmoor in 1989 in Colorado Springs, Erik invented "The Larson Spin".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ZFsL_fezs. The following year at the 1989 U.S. Nationals Erik placed 3rd in the short program and became a World Team Alternate. The town of St.Paul Minn. hosted the 1990 Olympic Festival Championships and with the help of the Great Carlo Fassi and child ice Follies star Janet Champion he clinched the gold, beating his nemesis the 1985 U.S. National Junior Champion Doug Mattis. After his competitive career was over do to an ankle injury, he starred as "Buttons the cellar boy" in Dorothy Hamill's Ice Capades "Cinderella Frozen in time".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSJLRJrYCCA. There were numerous other tours like Gershwin on Ice with Peggy Fleming, The Osmond Brothers tour in Las Vegas. Currently Erik is teaching at The Palm Beach Skate Zone with his wife Rosie and they have one child, he is also the owner of BellaICE Skating Events.com.
Results
| Event | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | |
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| World Junior Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion... align="center" bgcolor="d1c571"> 4th |
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| U.S. Championships United States Figure Skating Championships The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters... |
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| Skate America Skate America Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. The location changes yearly... |
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| Nebelhorn Trophy Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.... |
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| Grand Prix International | 1st | |||||||||
| Skate Electric | 3rd | |||||||||
| NHK NHK NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.... |
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| U.S. Olympic Festival | 1st | |||||||||
| Pacific Coast Pacific Coast A country's Pacific coast is the part of its coast bordering the Pacific Ocean.-The Americas:Countries on the western side of the Americas have a Pacific coast as their western border.* Geography of Canada* Geography of Chile* Geography of Colombia... |
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