Lisa-Marie Allen(born September 16, 1960 inGlendale, California)[1]is an American formerfigure skater.In 1979, she won gold at the inauguralSkate America(then titledNorton Skate).[2]She is also the 1978Skate Canada Internationalchampion, 1975Nebelhorn Trophychampion,1979 NHK Trophy Silver Medalist,and a four-timeU.S. nationalmedalist (three silver, one bronze). She competed at the1980 Winter Olympics,placing fifth.
Lisa-Marie Allen | |
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 Allen circa 1980 | |
| Born | September 16, 1960 Glendale,California,U.S. |
| Occupation | Figure skater |
After retiring from amateur competition, Allen became the World Professional champion in 1990 and American Open Professional champion in 1997. She was the assistant choreographer for the feature filmBlades of Glory(as well as making acameo appearance) and assistant choreographer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Salt Lake Olympic Games.
Results
edit| International | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 |
| Winter Olympics | 5th | |||||
| World Champ. | 7th | 6th | 7th | |||
| NHK Trophy | 2nd | |||||
| Skate America | 1st | |||||
| Skate Canada | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | |||||
| Prague Skate | 2nd | |||||
| National | ||||||
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | ||
References
edit- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Lisa-Marie Allen".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon April 18, 2020.RetrievedApril 22,2015.
- ^Thomson, Candus (November 10, 2009)."Stars remember how Skate America began".Baltimore Sun.Archivedfrom the original on March 12, 2014.
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