Christine "Christy" Haigler (

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: Krall, born January 5, 1948) is an American former competitive

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. She is the 1963 and 1965 U.S. silver medalist and 1964 bronze medalist. She represented the

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, where she placed 7th. Krall graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School and Colorado College and trained at the Broadmoor Skating Club. She began coaching part-time at age 18 as an assistant to

Carlo Fassi Carlo Fassi (20 December 1929 – 20 March 1997) was an Italian figure skater and international coach whose students included several World and Olympic champions. As a single skater, he was the 1953 World bronze medalist, a two-time European c ...

. From 1996 to 2002, Krall served as the senior director of athlete programs for

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and was a member of the delegation at the

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in that capacity. She was one of the developers of the USFSA's

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test structure. Krall coaches in

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. Her current and former students include

Patrick Chan Patrick Lewis Wai–Kuan Chan (born December 31, 1990) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the men's and team events, a three–time World ch ...

(from mid-December 2009 to April 2012),

Agnes Zawadzki Agnes Elizabeth Zawadzki (born July 31, 1994) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2012 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist and a two-time U.S. national bronze medalist (2012, 2013). As a junior, she was a two-time World Junior ...

(from June 2011 to October 2013),

Armin Mahbanoozadeh Armin Mahbanoozadeh (born August 15, 1991) is an Iranian American former competitive figure skater. He is the 2010 Skate America bronze medalist and the 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist. He is also a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix Final medalis ...

(from December 2011), Angela Wang, and

Joshua Farris Joshua Farris (born January 6, 1995) is a former American competitive figure skater. He is the 2015 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2013 World Junior champion, a two-time Junior Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2012, bronze in 2011), ...

. She began coaching two-time US National Champion

Alysa Liu Alysa Liu (born August 8, 2005) is a retired American competitive figure skater. Liu is the youngest-ever U.S. women's national champion, having won her first title at age 13. She is also the youngest to win two senior national titles at age 14 ...

in November 2021.

Competitive highlights

References

External links

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