John Nicks Bio/Photo, etc.

SkateFan4Life · Dec 23, 2004

Here's a link to a brief bio on skating coach John Nicks, himself a former champion figure skater. Enjoy!

http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/john_jennifer_nicks_history.htm

jesslily · Dec 23, 2004

So John Nicks is a coach who has a remarkable competition history himself. I would like to know how many coaches from well--known to new comers can match his credentials. Plus his parents were athelets. No wonder Sasha mentioned her coach still could jump rope.
John Nicks talked about he has been enjoying deep sea fishing in the current USFSA news page article. I guess he is very healthy to resume his coaching of elite skaters.

IDLERACER · Dec 23, 2004

When Sasha came in 4th place at the Olympics, that must've been a real feeling of Deja Vu for him, having just missed the podium himself 50 years earlier.

Grgranny · Dec 24, 2004

Wel, how about that! Here I thought he was old. :rofl:

He was born the same day I was. :rock:

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RealtorGal · Dec 24, 2004

How sad that his athletic sister died so young: heart attack at age 48.

SkateFan4Life · Dec 24, 2004

jesslily said:
So John Nicks is a coach who has a remarkable competition history himself. I would like to know how many coaches from well--known to new comers can match his credentials. Plus his parents were athelets. No wonder Sasha mentioned her coach still could jump rope.
John Nicks talked about he has been enjoying deep sea fishing in the current USFSA news page article. I guess he is very healthy to resume his coaching of elite skaters.

John Nicks won the 1953 World pairs title with his late sister, Jennifer. They also won two World bronze and one World silver medal.

The late Carlo Fassi (coach of Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Robin Cousins, and John Curry) was a former elite-level skater who represented Italy.

Frank Carroll was a competitive skater, although he did not advance to the top of US men's skating.

Kristy Ness (Kristi Yamaguchi's coach) was a US Nationals competitor, but she never qualified for the World Team.

Priscilla Hill, Johnny Weir's coach, was the 1981 US silver medalist, and she finished 7th in the Worlds that year.

One of the coaches at my local rink, Steven Rice, was a US National level competitor for a number of years. He did not qualify for the World or Olympic teams, however, and he skated with Ice Capades before joining the sports complex as one of their head coaches.

Mathman · Dec 24, 2004

So John Nicks is a coach who has a remarkable competition history himself. I would like to know how many coaches from well--known to new comers can match his credentials.

Well, there is Carol Heiss (Jenkins), coach of Tonya Kwiatkowski :love:

and Tim Goebel. She won five world championships and two Olympic medals, including gold in 1960.

She is also the only figure skater ever to star in a Three Stooges movie. Buy it here for $8.84.

Mathman

IDLERACER · Dec 24, 2004

SkateFan4Life said:
Frank Carroll was a competitive skater, although he did not advance to the top of US men's skating.

He did perform with the 1963 edition of The Ice Follies, however. Click HERE to view a program from the show, where his name apparently appears higher on the bill than Jill Shipstad's, Ina Bauer's and even Mr. Frick's!

SkateFan4Life · Dec 26, 2004

Mathman said:
Well, there is Carol Heiss (Jenkins), coach of Tonya Kwiatkowski and Tim Goebel. She won five world championships and two Olympic medals, including gold in 1960. Mathman

Absolutely! Carol Heiss won five World titles, the Olympic silver medal in 1956 and the Olympic gold medal in 1960.

Tamara Moskvina won the World silver medal in pairs in 1969 with her partner Alexsei Mishin.

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