Russ Witherby

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Russel S. "Russ" Witherby (born February 3, 1962, in Cincinnati, Ohio) [1] is an American coach and former competitive figure skater. He holds USFS Gold Medals in Dance & Free Dance, as well as International Dances. He competed in ice dance with several partners. Russ is the 1992 US Ice Dance Champion. He and April Sargent Thomas competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics. [1] His other partners included Lois Luciani and Susie Wynne.

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He is currently coaching at the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society and Wissahickon Skating Club (WSC), where he is the Director of Figure Skating. Both clubs are in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2]

Results

With Luciani

Event1983198419851986
U.S. Championships 9th7th4th3rd

With Sargent

International
Event1986–871987–881988–891989–901990–911991–92
Olympics 11th
Worlds 13thWD8th9th9th
Skate America 2nd
Skate Canada 2nd
Trophée de France 2nd4th
NHK Trophy 3rd
Nations Cup 2nd3rd
National
U.S. Champ. 4th3rd2nd2nd2nd1st
WD = Withdrew

With Wynne

International
Event1992–19931993–1994
World Championships 15th
Trophée de France 4th
Piruetten 4th
National
U.S. Championships 2nd2nd

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References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Russ Witherby". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. "Instructors".