Priscilla Hill

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Priscilla Hill
Priscilla Hill with Katherine Hadford.
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Country: Flag of the United States United States
Date of birth: October 4, 1960 (1960-10-04) (age 47)

Priscilla Hill (born October 4, 1960) is an American retired competitive figure skater who currently works as a coach. She was a two-time medalist at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed twice at the World Figure Skating Championships. She was the first lady to land the triple loop in competition.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Competitive career

Priscilla Hill passed her eighth figure test and gold freestyle test at the age of nine, possibly the youngest person ever to do so. In 1972, at age 11, she was the youngest senior lady ever to compete at the United States Figure Skating Championships.

She won the bronze medal at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships in 1978 and the silver in 1981. In 1975, she became the first female skater to land a triple loop in competition, at the Prague Skate in Czechoslovakia. She finished 9th at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships and 7th in 1981.[1] She missed the 1980 Olympic season due to injury and was not able to challenge for a spot on the Olympic team.

[edit] Professional and coaching career

Hill skated in the Ice Capades in 1984 and 1985. She worked as a coach at the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club before moving to coach at The Pond Ice Arena in Newark, Delaware.


Hill's most decorated former student is Johnny Weir, whom she coached to the gold medal at the 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and three U.S. National Championships (2004, 2005 and 2006).[2] She was named the 2004 U.S. Figure Skating Association Coach of the Year for her work with Weir.[3] Among her other current and former students are Jenna Syken, Katherine Hadford, Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov, Vanessa James, Blake Rosenthal, Christine Zukowski, Andrea Varraux & David Pelletier, and Christopher Berneck.

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event/Season 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 1977-1978 1978-1989 1980-1981
World Championships 9th 7th
U.S. Championships 3rd 2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy 1st
Eastern Sectionals 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st

[edit] References

  1. ^ Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating
  2. ^ US Figure Skating Association Athlete Bio
  3. ^ U.S. Figure Skating Announces Coaches of the Year. U.S. Figure Skating (2004-06-01). Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
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