Peter Oppegard
Peter Allen Oppegard (born August 23, 1959) is an American retired pair skater and coach. With his partner Jill Watson, he is the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and a three-time U.S. national champion.
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| (1959-08-23) August 23, 1959Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||
| 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||
| United States | ||||||
| LAFSC (Los Angeles Figure Skating Club) | ||||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| 1988 Calgary | Pairs | 1987 Cincinnati | Pairs | |||
| 1988 Calgary | Pairs | |||||
| 1987 Cincinnati | Pairs |
Peter Allen Oppegard (born August 23, 1959) is an American retired pair skater and coach. With his partner Jill Watson, he is the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and a three-time U.S. national champion.
In May 2022, Oppegard was suspended for one month by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for misconduct.
Oppegard initially paired with Vicki Heasley. He began competing with Watson in 1985. In their career, Watson and Oppegard won three national titles, a world bronze medal, an Olympic bronze medal, and various other medals. During Watson and Oppegard's free skate at the 1988 Olympics, a photographer dropped his camera bag onto the ice and an usher walked onto the ice to pick it up while the pair was performing an overhead lift.
As a coach, his skaters have won ten national singles and pairs titles. The Professional Skaters Association and US Figure Skating named Oppegard "Choreographer of the Year" and "Coach of the Year". He coached at the East West Ice Palace in southern California until 2018.
Oppegard was married to Karen Kwan, sister of world champion figure skater Michelle Kwan. As of 2017, they were estranged.
In February 2021, USA Today reported that Oppegard had been under investigation by the United States Center for SafeSport since July 2020 for allegations of physical abuse, including throwing coffee and hot water at skaters he coached at the East West Ice Palace. American pairs skater Jessica Pfund also alleged that Oppegard bit her on the upper right arm during a training session in 2013, when Pfund was 15 years old. In May 2022, Oppegard was suspended for one month by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for "physical and emotional" misconduct.
| International | ||||
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| Winter Olympics | 3rd | |||
| World Championships | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 6th |
| Fujifilm Trophy | 1st | |||
| NHK Trophy | 2nd | |||
| Skate America | 1st | |||
| U.S. Championships | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
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- Watson and Oppegard competition results Archived 2005-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Landry and Oppegard competition results Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Heasley and Oppegard competition results Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Watson and Oppegard at pairsonice.com Archived 2005-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- U. S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)