Randy Gardner (figure skater)
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Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner
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| Full name | Randy Gardner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 2, 1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Former partner | Tai Babilonia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | John Nicks | ||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Santa Monica FSC Los Angeles FSC |
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| Retired | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Randy Gardner (born December 2, 1958) is an American former pair skater. Together with Tai Babilonia, he won the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships and five U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1976–1980). The pair qualified for the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics.
Career
Babilonia and Gardner began skating together when Babilonia was eight and Gardner ten.[1] Their coach was John Nicks. The pair became five-time U.S. national champions and won the gold medal at the 1979 World Championships.[2][3] They were medal favorites at the 1980 Winter Olympics but were forced to withdraw due to an injury to Gardner.[1][4][5]
In 2006, Gardner appeared as a choreographer on the television show "Skating with Celebrities". In 2008, he indicated that he was working on his autobiography which was to be released at the end of the year.[6] It has not been released. In 2008, Babilonia and Gardner announced their retirement from show skating due to a neck injury sustained by Gardner and their advancing ages.[7][5]
Personal life
Gardner discovered in 1998 that he was adopted after a relative divulged the family secret.[1][7] After a five-year search, he found his birth mother who had become pregnant with him at age 17 after being raped by a family friend.[1] Gardner came out as gay in 2006.[1]
Competitive highlights
(with Babilonia)
| Event | 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 5th | WD | |||||
| World Championships | 10th | 10th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | |
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | ||||||
| Coupe des Alpes | 3rd | ||||||
| WD = Withdrew | |||||||
References
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