Natalie Seybold | |
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Full name | Natalie Kimberly Seybold-Catron |
Born | Orlando, Florida | September 18, 1965
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | United States |
Retired | 1989 |
Natalie Kimberly "Kim" Seybold-Catron (born September 18, 1965) [1] is an American former pair skater. Competing with her brother Wayne Seybold, she won five senior international medals, became a two-time U.S. national silver medalist, and competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics. [1] The pair grew up in Marion, Indiana and were coached by Ronald Ludington from 1984 in Wilmington, Delaware. [2]
Seybold married a former hockey player, Mark Catron, with whom she has two daughters, Kaitlyn and Ashley. [3] She underwent operations to remove a brain tumor in 1995, 2002 and 2006, resulting in numbness on the right side of her face and hearing loss in her right ear. [4] [3]
(with Seybold)
International | |||||||
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Event | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 |
Winter Olympics | 10th | ||||||
World Champ. | 9th | 8th | 10th | 8th | |||
Skate America | 7th | 3rd | |||||
Skate Canada | 4th | 3rd | 4th | ||||
International de Paris | 1st | ||||||
NHK Trophy | 3rd | ||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | ||||||
National | |||||||
U.S. Champ. | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd |
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