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John Nicks, Legendary Figure Skating Coach and Champion Maker, Dies at 97
He coached more than 1,200 skaters, including Olympic and world medalists, and was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
- Renowned figure skating coach John Nicks, who won a world pairs championship for Britain with his sister Jennifer Nicks, died Monday at age 97.
- Born in Brighton, England, in 1929, Nicks began skating at age 9, later winning six British pairs titles with his sister, Jennifer; after the 1961 Sabena Flight 548 crash, he moved to the USA to coach at California's Iceland Arena.
- Nicks coached more than 1,200 skaters, including Olympic champions Peggy Fleming and Kristi Yamaguchi, earning inductions into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1993 and the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000.
- U.S. Figure Skating chief executive Matt Farrell said, "John helped shape generations of American figure skaters," as the community honors his legacy through the John Nicks Pairs Challenge, an International Skating Union event.
- Beyond his coaching, Nicks served as national director of the Ice Capades chalets, while his family includes his wife, Yvonne Littlefield, a 1962 national champion, and his children, Christopher and Carolyn.
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Figure skating coach John Nicks, who shaped generations of US champions, dies at 97
Renowned figure skating coach John Nicks, who won a world pairs championship for Britain with his sister Jennifer Nicks and went on to tutor the likes of Olympic champions Peggy Fleming and Kristi Yamaguchi, died Monday. He was 97.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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British figurer and coach John Knicks, who won gold for the World and Europe World Championships in 1953, died at the age of 97. The death of an athlete was reported by an American journalist, Jackie Wong, on social network X. He reported that Niks had lost his life on 3 November.
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