Tracey Damigella-Lohse (born 1969) is an American former competitive

figure skater 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 ...

. As a

single skater Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...

, she is the 1985

Grand Prix International St. Gervais The Grand Prix International St. Gervais was an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. For many years, beginning in 1969, it was paired with a similar competition in Germany, the Nebelho ...

champion, 1987 Novarat Trophy champion, 1985

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. The competitio ...

silver medalist, and 1986 U.S. national pewter medalist.

Personal life

Tracey Damigella was born 1969 and grew up in

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, the daughter of Marion and Frank Damigella. She was raised with three siblings – Gail, Robert, and Toni. Her sister, Toni, competed in women's singles luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Damigella has a daughter, Sofia Goddard (born in 1999), with Scott Goddard, a marble granite contractor whom she married in April 1994 in

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. Now known as Damigella-Lohse, she resides in

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Career

Damigella began learning to skate at the Polar Palace in

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, Florida. She represented the United States in ladies' singles for most of her career. In February 1985, she won the junior silver medal at the U.S. Championships, finishing second to

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. Internationally, she won gold medals at the 1985

champion and 1987 Novarat Trophy. She was awarded silver at the 1985

and the pewter medal at the 1986 U.S. Championships. Based mainly at the Lighthouse Point Ice Skating Arena in Florida, she also took lessons from

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for five years at the Broadmoor World Arena in

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. Her skating expenses, nearly $50,000 a year, were covered mainly by her parents who sold a house in Boston and a motel in South Florida. Damigella won the ladies' title at the

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in the 1989–90 season, but never appeared for Australia internationally. In the summer of 1991, she and Doug Williams began a

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partnership, training in

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. The two represented the United States at the

1992 NHK Trophy The 1992 NHK Trophy was held at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of ...

and

1993 Nations Cup The 1993 Nations Cup was held in Gelsenkirchen on November 18–20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The compulsory dance The compulsory dance (CD), now called the patte ...

. In

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's 1994 made-for-TV movie ''Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story'', Damigella served as the skating double for

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, who played

Nancy Kerrigan Nancy Ann Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is an American figure skating, figure skater and actress. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, 1991 World Championships and the Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympic ...

. She has worked as a skating coach at the Sunrise Ice Skating Center and Pines Ice Arena in

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Programs

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Williams

Ladies' singles

References

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