Mark Cockerell
| Mark Cockerell | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Mark Wayne Cockerell |
| Born |
April 24, 1962 Burbank, California |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Retired | 1985 |
Mark Wayne Cockerell (born April 24, 1962 in Burbank, California)[1] is an American former figure skater. He is the 1976 World Junior champion,[2] the 1978 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, and a three-time U.S. senior national medalist (bronze in 1983 and in 1984, silver in 1985).
Cockerell won gold at the World Junior Championships in the event's inaugural year, 1976. He represented the U.S. at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.[3] He became the first man to execute a triple-triple jump combination at the Olympics and finished 13th overall after placing 18th in compulsory figures, 17th in the short program, and tenth in the free skate.
Results
| International | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 75–76 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 |
| Olympics | 13th | |||||||
| Worlds | 14th | 13th | 8th | |||||
| NHK Trophy | 4th | |||||||
| Nebelhorn | 2nd | |||||||
| St. Gervais | 2nd | |||||||
| International: Junior[2] | ||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 1st | |||||||
| National | ||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | |||||
References
- ↑ "Mark Cockerell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- 1 2 "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Historical Placements: US Olympic Figure Skating Team" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2011.
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