Charles Frederick Tickner (born November 13, 1953 in
Lafayette, California
Lafayette (formerly La Fayette) is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. As of 2020, the city's population was 25,391. It was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French military officer of the American Revolutionary War.
...
) is an American
figure skater.
Tickner won the gold medal at the 1978
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...
, skating to music from
Georges Bizet's ''
Carmen'' and
Jules Massenet's ''
Le Cid (opera)
''Le Cid'' is an opera in four acts and ten tableaux by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet, Édouard Blau and Adolphe d'Ennery. It is based on the play of the same name by Pierre Corneille.
It was first performed by a star-stud ...
'' for his long program. He also won the bronze medal at the
1980 Winter Olympics
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Lake Placid was elected ...
and the 1980 World Championships.
He is married and has three sons, and he currently resides in the
East Bay, California
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. He is now a private Figure Skating coach.
Results
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1953 births
American male single skaters
Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in figure skating
Living people
Olympic medalists in figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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