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Figure skating competition

The 1996 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 13 and 21, 1996 in San Jose, California. Skaters competed in five disciplines across three levels. The disciplines of the competition were men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and compulsory figures. The levels of competition were Senior, Junior, and Novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth). In the figures event, the novice competitors skated one figure, and the juniors and seniors skated three.

The event served to help choose the U.S. team to the 1996 World Championships. The 1996 World Junior Championships had been held prior to the national championships and so the World Junior Championships team had been chosen at a World Juniors selection competition earlier in the year.

Senior results

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Men

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Ladies

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Pairs

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Ice dancing

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Junior results

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Ladies

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Pairs

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Ice dancing

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Novice results

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Pairs

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Ice dancing

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FEBRUARY 2013
Part Two of an interview with Carol Heiss Jenkins, the 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist for ladies figure skating, as well as the Silver medalist in the 1956 Olympics, a 5 time World Champion, and of course US National Champion. In Part 2, she takes us through her movie and television career, notably when she made the movie “Snow White and the Three Stooges,” her start as a coach, her thoughts on IJS, and the superstitions that all the coaches have. 59 minutes, 18 seconds.

Thanks to Fiona McQuarrie for transcribing these interview highlights:

On who she was most nervous competing against: Probably the German girl, Ina Bauer, because she came in with the Bauer and she had flaming red hair. Of the Austrians, probably Hanna Eigel. She was a strong free skater, and in those days, the politics of the sport, the Austrian federation was very strong. They had a lot of the judges and the officials and the ISU. And then the other skater was the Dutch girl, Joan Haanappel. We Facebook each other. She was so slender and always had a smile and was very outgoing, and a wonderful personality and lots of speed. And that always concerned me — she was very attractive, not only in just looking at her, but she had a very attra

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