Christopher Howarth

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Christopher Howarth
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Country represented United Kingdom
Born (1960-12-25) 25 December 1960 (age 60)

Christopher "Chris" Howarth (born 25 December 1960) is a British former competitive figure skater. He is the 1981 British national champion and competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, where he placed 15th. [1]

Howarth is a commentator for British Eurosport, as well as a skating coach and assistant general manager at the Glacier Ice Arena, [2] in Vernon Hills, Illinois. He has also worked for the Dutch Figure Skating Association.

Results

International
Event1978–791979–801980–811981–82
Winter Olympics 15th
World Champ. 20th17th
European Champ. 15th15th11th
Schäfer Memorial 2nd
Skate Canada 8th
National
British Champ. 2nd1st2nd

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References

  1. "Christopher Howarth". Sports Reference.
  2. "Figure skating staff". glacierskate.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016.