Peter Carruthers (figure skater)
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| Full name | Peter W. Carruthers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
July 22, 1959 Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Kitty Carruthers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Ronald Ludington | ||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | SC of Wilmington | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter W. Carruthers (born July 22, 1959) is a former American pair skater. With his adopted sister, Kitty Carruthers, Carruthers is the 1984 Olympic Silver medalist, the 1982 World Bronze medalist, and a four-time (1981-1984) United States National champion.
Career
The Carruthers siblings were coached by Ronald Ludington.[1]
They finished off the podium at the U.S. Championships in January 1979 but their results improved the following season. After winning the International St. Gervais in late August 1979, the pair went on to take gold at the Nebelhorn Trophy and silver at the 1979 Norton Skate (the inaugural Skate America).[1] They placed second at the 1980 U.S. Championships and were assigned to their first Winter Olympics, where they finished fifth.
The pair won their first U.S. national title in 1981 and stepped onto the World podium at the 1982 World Championships. In 1984, after winning their fourth national title, they were sent to their second Winter Olympics and won the silver medal.
Following the 1984 Winter Olympics, the Carruthers siblings starred with "Ice Capades" and "Stars on Ice" for twelve years. They appeared throughout the world in many productions and made for television specials during their twelve-year career as professionals. They were inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1999.
After retiring from professional skating, Carruthers worked as a skating analyst for the Fox, ABC, and ESPN television networks. In 2010, he worked as a daily NBC Olympics skating broadcast analyst on NBC's Universal Sports network.
Competitive highlights
(with Kitty Carruthers)
| International | ||||||
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| Event | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 |
| Winter Olympics | 5th | 2nd | ||||
| World Championships | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | ||
| Skate America | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |||
| NHK Trophy | 1st | |||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | |||||
| St. Gervais | 1st | |||||
| National | ||||||
| U.S. Championships | ? | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- 1 2 Thomson, Candus (November 10, 2009). "Stars remember how Skate America began". Baltimore Sun.
- "Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 2 - 1974 - current" (PDF). Skate Canada.
- "Past U.S. Champions - Senior" (PDF). (123 KiB)
- Sports-reference profile