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Ralph Burghart (born 16 September 1966) is an
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figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
coach and former competitor. A seven-time Austrian national champion, he competed at the
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and placed 18th.


Personal life

Ralph Burghart was born on 16 September 1966 in
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, Austria. He married U.S. figure skater
Rory Flack Rory Flack (Flack-Mitchell) (born April 28, 1969) is a professional African American Figure Skater and former competitor. She is the first African American woman to perform a back flip on the ice (in 1991) and in 1994 she became the first Africa ...
in December 1992. They have two sons, Rendell, born 28 September 1993, and Remington, born 17 January 1997. Their elder son plays tennis for Division 1, Eastern Washington University and the younger competes in figure skating. Burghart and Flack divorced by 2009. He is now married to Cheryl Burghart.


Career

Burghart began skating at age four and joined the EKE Vienna skating club in 1975. He became Austria's senior national champion for the first time in the 1984–85 season and was selected to compete at the 1985 European Championships. He placed 13th at the event in
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, Sweden. In 1988, Burghart won his third national title. After placing 14th at the
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, he competed at his first
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, finishing 16th in
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, Hungary. Burghart finished in the top ten at the 1990 European Championships in
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. He ranked seventh in the compulsory figures, tenth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and ninth overall. In the 1991–92 season, Burghart won his seventh national title and placed 11th at the 1992 European Championships in
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, Switzerland. He then represented Austria at the
1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...
in
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, France, finishing 18th. He ended his competitive career after his fifth appearance at the World Championships After retiring from competition, Burghart skated professionally in the
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and began working as a coach in
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. His best known student is
Keegan Messing Keegan Messing (born January 23, 1992) is a Canadian-American figure skater. Representing Canada, he has competed at two Winter Olympic Games in 2018 and 2022. He has also appeared at three World Championships, placing as high as 6th. He is the ...
. Messing is likely the youngest to land triple axel
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burghart, Ralph Austrian male single skaters 1966 births Living people Olympic figure skaters of Austria Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Figure skaters from Vienna Austrian emigrants to the United States