Bobby Beauchamp

Bobby Beauchamp
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born c. 1962
Residence Los Angeles County, California
Coach Mabel Fairbanks
John Nicks
Former training locations Santa Monica Ice Chalet
Culver City Ice Arena
Retired c. 1986

Bobby Beauchamp (born c. 1962) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 1979 World Junior silver medalist,[1] 1983 Skate America bronze medalist,[2] and 1983 U.S. national pewter medalist. He won the bronze medal at the 1987 World Professional Championships in Jaca, Spain.[3]

Beauchamp began skating as a form of physical therapy, having been born with club foot.[4] He trained at the Culver City Ice Arena and the Santa Monica Ice Chalet, coached by Mabel Fairbanks and John Nicks.[4]

As of 2017, Beauchamp is a skating coach at Ice Station in Valencia, California.[5]

Competitive highlights

International
Event 78–79 81–82 82–83 83–84 84–85 85–86
NHK Trophy 6th
Skate America 3rd
Skate Canada ?
International: Junior
World Junior Champ. 2nd
National
U.S. Championships 2nd J 4th 8th 10th
U.S. Olympic Festival ?
Eastern Sectionals 1st 1st
J = Junior level

References

  1. ↑ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Skate America" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ "World Professional Figure Skating Championships (Jaca, Spain)". Golden Skate. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Making History: Three Decades Of African American Figure Skating Pioneers". Skate Guard. 6 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Professional Instructors". icestation.net. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017.
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