The Broadmoor Skating Club is a figure skating club based in Colorado Springs, Colorado that has long been a major training center for the sport of figure skating . Founded in 1939, it was originally known as the Pikes Peak Skating Club, and was based in the Broadmoor World Arena on the grounds of The Broadmoor resort. When that facility was demolished in 1994, the club moved to its current home at the Broadmoor World Arena (1998) .
5-551: Notable skaters who trained at or represented the Broadmoor Skating Club include: Prominent coaches associated with the club have included Tom Dickson , Carlo Fassi , Sandy Hess , Edi Scholdan , Tom Zakrajsek , Janet Champion, Eddie Shipstad , and Tammy Gambill . The club has benefitted in recent years from its proximity to both the United States Figure Skating Association headquarters and
10-642: The Grand Prix Final . This article relating to figure skating is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Colorado is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tom Dickson (figure skater) Tom Dickson is an American figure skating choreographer, coach, and former competitor. He is the 1980 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, 1982 St. Ivel International bronze medalist, and 1980 U.S. national junior champion. During his eligible career, Dickson won
15-566: The U.S. Figure Skating Championships at junior level in 1980; at the senior level, he placed 5th at the 1984 Championships. He won the Nebelhorn Trophy in 1980. After ending his competitive career, Dickson skated with Ice Capades . Dickson started doing skating choreography when his former coach, Carlo Fassi , asked him to work with Chen Lu in 1991. Dickson also coaches at the Broadmoor Skating Club . He has choreographed for
20-864: The United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The club hosted the U.S. Figure Skating Championships six times between 1948 and 1976, and the World Figure Skating Championships five times during the same period, at the Broadmoor World Arena facility. More recently, the club has hosted events such as the World Junior Figure Skating Championships , the Four Continents Championships , Skate America , and
25-499: The following skaters: Dickson also choreographed the "Princess Classics" show for Disney on Ice . He won the USFSA 's Paul McGrath Choreographer of the Year award in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006. Dickson was born on July 14, 1962. He began playing the oboe when he was ten years old. He married Swedish figure skater Catarina Lindgren in 1986 and their twins, a boy and a girl, were born in
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