John Zimmerman
John Zimmerman | ||||||||||||||||
Full name | John Luther Zimmerman IV | |||||||||||||||
nation | United States | |||||||||||||||
birthday | November 26, 1973 | |||||||||||||||
size | 183 cm | |||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg | |||||||||||||||
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discipline | Pair skating | |||||||||||||||
Partner | Kyoko Ina, Stephanie Stiegler, Brie Teaboldt |
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society | Birmingham FSC | |||||||||||||||
Trainer | Tamara Moskwina, Igor Moskiwn, Peter Oppegard |
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status | resigned | |||||||||||||||
End of career | 2002 | |||||||||||||||
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last change: February 4, 2011 |
John Luther Zimmerman IV (born November 26, 1973 in Birmingham , Alabama ) is a retired American figure skater who started pair skating .
He started ice skating at the age of three. His first figure skating partner was Brie Teaboldt in 1994 and 1995, and from 1995 to 1998 he competed with Stephanie Stiegler. In 1997 he won the bronze medal with her at the US championships and therefore contested his first world championship a little later , which he finished with Stiegler in 15th place. Both coaches were Peter Oppegard .
From 1998 Kyoko Ina Zimmerman's partner. They trained with Tamara Moskwina and her husband Igor Moskwin in Hackensack , New Jersey . From 2000 to 2002 Zimmerman and Ina became US champions in pair skating . In 2000 they won the silver medal at the Four Continents Championships and in 2001 the bronze medal. Her greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 2002 World Cup in Nagano . The 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics finished the pair in fifth place. In 2003 Zimmerman and Ina switched to the professionals and ran the ice revue Stars on Ice.
Results
Pair skating
(1995 with Brie Teaboldt , 1996 and 1997 with Stephanie Stiegler , from 1998 with Kyoko Ina )
Competition / year | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
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winter Olympics | 5. | |||||||
World championships | 15th | 9. | 7th | 7th | 3. | |||
Four continents championships | 2. | 3. | ||||||
American championships | 12. | 4th | 3. | 2. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
Web links
- Zimmerman and Ina in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
- John Zimmerman in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Joe Zimmermann's website
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SURNAME | Zimmerman, John |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zimmerman IV, John Luther (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham , Alabama |