David Santee
David Santee 
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| birthday | July 22, 1957 | ||||||
| place of birth | Oak Park, Illinois | ||||||
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| discipline | Single run | ||||||
| society | Chicago Figure Skating Club | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
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David Santee (born July 22, 1957 in Oak Park , Illinois ) is a former American figure skater who started in a single run .
Santee was eight times on the podium at the national championships , four times he was American runner-up. From 1976 to 1982 he started at every world championship and never placed worse than eighth. At the 1976 Olympic Games he was sixth. In 1980 he narrowly missed a medal at the World Championships as well as at the Olympic Games as fourth behind compatriot Charles Tickner . The following year he was runner-up behind Scott Hamilton in Hartford and thus celebrated the greatest success of his career.
His younger brother Jimmy Santee was also a figure skater and became the USA Junior Champion in 1979. David Santee works as an official at the ISU .
Results
| Competition / year | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 |
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| winter Olympics | 6th | 4th | ||||||||
| World championships | 5. | 4th | 6th | 8th. | 4th | 2. | 8th. | |||
| American championships | 3. | 2. | 3. | 2. | 3. | 2. | 2. | 3. |
Web links
- David Santee in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Santee, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oak Park (Illinois) , United States |