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1983 U.S. Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | National Championship |
Date: | February |
Season: | 1982–83 |
Location: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Venue: | Pittsburgh Civic Arena |
Previous: 1982 U.S. Championships | |
Next: 1984 U.S. Championships |
The 1983 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place at Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the female champion crowned February 3, 1983, and male champion crowned February 4, 1983. [1] Medals were awarded in three colors: gold (first), silver (second), and bronze (third) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.
The event determined the U.S. team for the 1983 World Championships.
Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS |
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1 | Scott Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Brian Boitano | 2 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Mark Cockerell | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4 | Bobby Beauchamp | 4 | 4 | 5 |
5 | Paul Wylie | 6 | 5 | 4 |
6 | Scott Williams | 8 | 6 | 6 |
7 | Tom Dickson | 5 | 7 | 8 |
8 | J. Scott Driscoll | 7 | 8 | 7 |
9 | James White | 10 | 9 | 9 |
10 | James Cygan | 8 | 10 | 11 |
11 | Robert Rosenbluth | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS |
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1 | Rosalynn Sumners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Elaine Zayak | 4 | 3 | 2 |
3 | Tiffany Chin | 5 | 4 | 3 |
4 | Vikki de Vries | 3 | 2 | 5 |
5 | Melissa Thomas | 1 | 6 | 6 |
6 | Kelly Webster | 7 | 5 | 4 |
7 | Jill Frost | 8 | 7 | 7 |
8 | Jacki Farrell | 6 | 8 | 8 |
9 | Staci McMullin | 12 | 9 | 9 |
10 | Jennifer Newman | 11 | 11 | 10 |
11 | Leslie Sikes | 9 | 10 | 13 |
12 | Maradith Feinberg | 10 | 15 | 11 |
13 | Debi Thomas | 15 | 12 | 12 |
14 | Caroline Silby | 13 | 13 | 14 |
15 | Maria Causey | 14 | 14 | 15 |
Rank | Name | SP | FS |
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1 | Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers | 1 | 1 |
2 | Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver | 3 | 2 |
3 | Jill Watson / Burt Lancon | 2 | 3 |
4 | Gillian Wachsman / Robert Daw | 4 | 4 |
5 | Lynne Freeman / Jay Freeman | 6 | 5 |
6 | Katy Keeley / Gary Kemp | 7 | 6 |
7 | Maria DiDomenico / Peter Oppergard | 5 | 7 |
8 | Debra Fahy / Craig Maurizi | 8 | 8 |
9 | Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold | 9 | 9 |
10 | Cara Gill / Craig Gill | 11 | 10 |
11 | Kimberly Barget / Ronald Holbrook | 12 | 11 |
12 | Margo Shoup / Patrick Page | 10 | 12 |
Rank | Name | CD | OD | FD |
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1 | Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory | 2 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Carol Fox / Richard Dalley | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4 | Renée Roca / Donald Adair | 4 | 4 | 4 |
5 | Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar | 5 | 5 | 5 |
6 | Susan Jorgensen / Robert Yokabaskas | 6 | 6 | 6 |
7 | Eleanor De Vera / James Yorke | 7 | 7 | 7 |
8 | Eva Hunyadi / Jay Pinkerton | 8 | 8 | 8 |
9 | Lois Luciani / Russ Witherby | 9 | 9 | 9 |
10 | Karen Knieriem / Philip Piasecki | 10 | 10 | 10 |
11 | Robi Shepard / Kelly Witt | 11 | 11 | 11 |
12 | Sandra McGee / Frank Summers | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS |
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1 | Christopher Bowman | 1 | 2 | 2 |
2 | Angelo D'Agostino | 4 | 5 | 1 |
3 | Daniel Doran | 2 | 7 | 3 |
4 | David Fedor | 3 | 1 | 7 |
5 | Craig Henderson | 6 | 10 | 4 |
6 | David Jamison | 9 | 3 | 5 |
7 | John Paul Licari | 8 | 4 | 6 |
8 | Doug Mattis | 5 | 6 | 9 |
9 | Erik Larson | 11 | 11 | 8 |
10 | Billy Lawe | 7 | 12 | 11 |
11 | Scott Kurtilla | 12 | 8 | 10 |
12 | Tom Zakrajsek | 10 | 9 | 12 |
13 | Scott Wendland | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS |
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1 | Kathryn Adams | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Yvonne Gómez | 6 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Rosanna Tovi | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4 | Sara MacInnes | 2 | 6 | 4 |
5 | Vicki Singer | 4 | 5 | 6 |
6 | Kathy Rissmiller | 8 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Jana Sjodin | 5 | 8 | 7 |
8 | Valory Vennes | 9 | 7 | 8 |
9 | Wendy Lee Weston | 7 | 10 | 10 |
7 | Laura-Ann Edmunds | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Rank | Name | SP | FS |
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1 | Susan Dungjen / Jason Dungjen | 1 | 1 |
2 | Sandy Hurtubise / Karl Kurtz | 2 | 2 |
3 | Sue Falzone / Michael Blicharski | 3 | 3 |
4 | Loreen Koshi / Doug Williams | 4 | 5 |
5 | Maria Lako / Joseph Mero | 7 | 4 |
6 | Jan Waggoner / Todd Waggoner | 6 | 6 |
7 | Jeannine Jones / Tony Jones | 5 | 7 |
8 | Michelle Dudley / Bobby Davis | 10 | 8 |
9 | Erin O'Neill / Buzzie O'Neill | 8 | 9 |
10 | Kellee Murchison / David McGovern | 9 | 10 |
11 | Susanne Steiner / Stephen Kennedy | 11 | 11 |
Rank | Name | CD | OD | FD |
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1 | Suzanne Semanick / Alexander Miller | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Kandi Amelon / Alec Binnie | 3 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Colleen McGuire --> / William Lyons III | 2 | 4 | 3 |
4 | Christina Yatsuhashi / Keith Yatsuhashi | 4 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Kristan Lowery / Chip Rossbach | 5 | 6 | 5 |
6 | Dorothy Rodek / Robert Nardozza | 6 | 5 | 6 |
7 | Laura Wolfe / John Stackhoue | 7 | 7 | 7 |
8 | Monika Gerhauser / Andrew Niebler | 8 | 8 | 8 |
9 | Jessica Campbell / Glenn Cummings | 10 | 11 | 9 |
10 | April Sargent / John D'Amelio | 9 | 10 | 10 |
11 | Wendy Hilliers / Christopher Nacri | 11 | 9 | 11 |
12 | Colette Huber / Bob Tiernan | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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