David Neil Santee (born July 22, 1957 in Oak Park, Illinois)[1] is an American former competitive figure skater. He finished fourth in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, and is the 1981 World silver medalist and an eight-time U.S. national medalist. He competed at the Winter Olympics twice.
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| Full name | David Neil Santee | ||||||||||||||
| Born | July 22, 1957 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Chicago FSC | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His younger brother James Santee was also an elite-level skater.[2]
David was inducted to both the U.S. Figure Skating and ISI Hall of Fame in 2015. He achieved the PSA Master Coach's rating in 2017.
Santee is an ISU Technical Specialist.[3] He also works as a coach. He coached Agnes Zawadzki for seven years as a child and again since June 2011.[4][5] He is currently the Director of Skating at the Oakton Ice Arena in his hometown of Park Ridge, Illinois. He has served on the ISI Board of Directors as the Instructors Rep for many years and is ISI's representative to the US Figure Skating Board of Directors.
He has two sons.[2]
Results
edit| International | |||||||||||||
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| Event | 69–70 | 70–71 | 71–72 | 72–73 | 73–74 | 74–75 | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 |
| Olympics | 6th | 4th | |||||||||||
| Worlds | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 8th | ||||||
| Skate Canada | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||||
| NHK Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||||||
| Nebelhorn | 1st | ||||||||||||
| Prague Skate | 2nd | ||||||||||||
| St. Gervais | 1st | ||||||||||||
| National | |||||||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 3rd N | 1st J | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Santee". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ a b Mandernach, Mark (February 15, 1998). "The Northwest Suburbs' First Family Of Skating". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Communication No. 1409" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007.
- ^ "2010 U.S. Junior Champion Agnes Zawadzki Announces Coaching Change". U.S. Figure Skating. June 3, 2011. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
- ^ Daday, Eileen O. (June 13, 2011). "Des Plaines figure skater turns to old pro to help her move up". Daily Herald.
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