Tim Wood

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Tim Wood figure skating
Gabriele Seyfert and Tim Wood, 1969
Full name Timothy Lyle Wood
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday June 21, 1948
place of birth Highland Park, Michigan
Career
discipline Single run
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 2 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver Grenoble 1968 Men's
ISU World figure skating championships
silver Geneva 1968 Men's
gold Colorado Springs 1969 Men's
gold Ljubljana 1970 Men's
 

Timothy Lyle Wood (born June 21, 1948 in Highland Park , Michigan ) is a retired American figure skater who started in a single run . He is the world champion of 1969 and 1970 .

In 1968 he was vice world champion behind Emmerich Danzer and won silver at the Olympic Games in Grenoble behind Wolfgang Schwarz . After the resignation of the two Austrians, he dominated the men's competition for the next two years and became world champion in 1969 and 1970 .

In most of the results lists he is listed as Tim Wood. His trainer was Ronald Baker . He trained first at the Detroit Skating Club and since 1969 at the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs . After his amateur career , he became a coach. He works in California and occasionally trained Elvis Stojko, among others .

Results

Competition / year 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
winter Olympics 2.
World championships 13. 9. 2. 1. 1.
American championships 3. 4th 3. 1. 1. 1.

Web links

  • Tim Wood in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data
SURNAME Wood, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wood, Timothy Lyle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Highland Park , Michigan, USA