Ron Kravette(born June 17, 1963) is a retired Americanice dancer.With partnerSuzanne Semanick,he won the bronze medal at theUnited States Figure Skating Championshipsin 1989 and 1990. After skating withElizabeth McLean(4th in the US in 1991) for a time, he teamed withAmy Webster,and they were national bronze medalists in 1994 and 1995, and 4th in the US in 1993 and 1997. They were 1st at the US Olympic Festival in 1993. Kravette also previously skated with partnerColette Huber.They were US Junior Dance champions in 1986. Ron has an AA from Orange Coast College (1983), a BA in History from the University of California, Irvine (1986), an MA in Government from Harvard University (2006), and is currently a PhD candidate in Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Ron's sister, Aimee Kravette, was also a competitive figure skater.[1]

More recently, Kravette is a skating coach and history teacher at a community college. He had a book, entitledCollapse: How the Fall of the Soviet Union Changed Figure Skating in the United States and the World,published in 2011. He has been a 5-year member of the US Figure Skating's Board of Directors, a US National Technical Specialist in ice dance, and was awarded the Professional Skating Association's (PSA) Presidential Award of Excellence for coaching in 2020 and 2021.

Competitive highlights

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GP:Champions Series (Grand Prix)

With Webster

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International
Event 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97
GPNations Cup 10th
GPSkate America 11th
Piruetten 4th
Skate Canada 9th
National
U.S. Championships 4th 3rd 3rd 5th 4th
Eastern Sectionals 1st 1st 1st

With McLean

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International
Event 1990–91 1991–92
Danse sur Glace de Grenoble 2nd
NHK Trophy 9th
National
U.S. Championships 4th 6th
Eastern Sectionals 1st

With Semanick

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International
Event 1988–89 1989–90
Danse sur Glace de Grenoble 2nd
Nations Cup 2nd
Skate Canada International 1st
Skate Electric 3rd
National
U.S. Championships 3rd 3rd
Eastern Sectionals 1st 1st

With Huber

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National
Event 1984–85 1985–86
U.S. Championships 8th J 1st J
J = Junior level

References

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  1. ^Elfman, Lois (August 26, 2010)."Kravette plans a book on politics and skating".IceNetwork.com.Archived fromthe originalon March 4, 2016.