- Jill Watson
Jill Watson (born 1963) is an American figure skater and coach. With her partner
Peter Oppegard , she won three U.S. championships and a bronze medal at the1988 Winter Olympics .Watson was initially paired with
Burt Lancon , with whom she won two national bronze medals in 1983 and 1984. She began competing with Oppegard in 1985. In their career, Watson and Oppegard won three national titles, a world bronze medal, an Olympic bronze medal, and various other medals.She is now a coach at the Desert Schools Coyotes Center in the United States. [http://www.desertschoolscoyotescenter.com/peoria/programs/figureskating/privatelessons.php] She coached
Rena Inoue /John Baldwin for five seasons. [http://www.usfigureskating.org/AthletePairBio.asp?id=18340]Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard were inducted into the
U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004. [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/figskatinghof.shtml]External links
* [http://www.pairsonice.net/record.php?f=Watson&m=Lancon Watson and Lancon competition results]
* [http://www.pairsonice.net/record.php?f=Watson&m=Oppegard Watson and Oppegard competition results]Navigation
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