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Sandra Kay "Sandy" Hess-Gerathy (born 1949) is an American Olympian figure skating coach. [1] From 1988 to 1996 she was the Ice Dance Director of the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a leading center for figure skating. [2]

Notable figure skaters coached by Hess:

Hess is married to Albert Joseph "Bud" Gerathy, Jr, who worked as a dentist in Monument, Colorado until retirement in 2016.

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