Brian Pockar

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Brian Pockar figure skating
Full name Brian James Pockar
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday October 27, 1959
place of birth Calgary, Alberta
date of death April 28, 1992
Place of death Calgary, Alberta
Career
discipline Single run
society Calgary toilet
End of career 1982
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
ISU World figure skating championships
bronze Copenhagen 1982 Men's
 

Brian James Pockar (born October 27, 1959 in Calgary , Alberta ; † April 28, 1992 ibid) was a Canadian figure skater who started in a single run .

Pockar became Canadian men's figure skating champions three times in a row in 1978, 1979 and 1980 and finished second in 1981 and 1982 behind Brian Orser . He celebrated his greatest success in 1982 when he won the bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships .

After the end of his sporting career, Pockar worked as a choreographer . He toured with Stars on Ice , which was produced by IMG .

Pockar died in 1992 of complications from AIDS . In the 1999 published autobiography Landing It by Scott Hamilton , Pockar came out as homosexual.

Results

Competition / year 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
winter Olympics 12.
World championships 14th 10. 13. 9. 8th. 3 .
Canadian Championships 2. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIGURE SKATING; AIDS Deaths Tear at Figure-Skating World
  2. ↑ Scott Hamilton; Lorenzo Benet, 1999, Landing It: My Life On And Off The Ice , ISBN 1-57566-466-6
personal data
SURNAME Pockar, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pockar, Brian James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary , Alberta
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1992
Place of death Calgary , Alberta