Christopher "Chris" Howarth (born 25 December 1960) is a British former competitive

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. He is the 1981

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champion and competed at the

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, where he placed 15th. Howarth is a commentator for

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, as well as a skating coach and assistant general manager at the Glacier Ice Arena, in

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. He has also worked for the Dutch Figure Skating Association.

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British male single skaters Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain Figure skating commentators 1960 births Living people People from Vernon Hills, Illinois {{UK-figure-skating-bio-stub