Sandy Hess
Sandra Kay "Sandy" Hess-Gerathy (born 1929) is an American Olympian figure skating coach.[1] From 1988 to 1996 she was the Ice Dance Director of the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a leading center for figure skating.[2]
Notable figure skaters coached by Hess:
- Peter Breen[3]
- Christina Chitwood[4][5]
- Richard Dalley[6]
- Joseph Druar[7]
- Carol Fox[6]
- Melissa Gregory[8][9]
- Mark Hanretty[4]
- Rachel Mayer[3]
- Denis Petukhov[8][9]
- Elizabeth Punsalan[3]
- Renée Roca[10]
- Gorsha Sur[10]
- Jerod Swallow[3]
- Garrett Swasey[2]
- Susan Wynne[7]
Hess is married to Albert Joseph "Bud" Gerathy, Jr, who worked as a dentist in Monument, Colorado until retirement in 2016.
References[]
- ^ "Sports still carried 'irreplaceable' Garrett Swasey". ESPN.com. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b Schneider Farris, Jo Ann (January 21, 2015). My Skating Life: Fifty Plus Years of Skating. Lulu Press. ISBN 9781312754782. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Hersh, Phil (January 8, 1992). "Surprises Return In Ice Dancing". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ a b Schneider Farris, Jo Ann (July 21, 2008). "icenetwork.com". Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "BBC Sport - Winter Sports - Mark Hanretty dreams of Olympic gold medal in 2018". bbc.co.uk. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Episode #34: Richard Dalley - figure skating interviews : The Manleywoman SkateCast".
- ^ a b "Wynne, Druar Take Lead in Ice Dancing". 7 February 1990.
- ^ a b "MELISSA GREGORY AND DENIS PETUKHOV SWITCH COACHES". usfigureskating.org. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Internet Leads to Skaters' Love Match". 25 November 2002.
- ^ a b Longman, Jere (January 6, 1994). "Roca, Ice Dancer, Breaks Arm But Comes Back to Skate On". The New York Times.
Categories:
- 1949 births
- American figure skating coaches
- People from Monument, Colorado
- Living people
- Female sports coaches
- American female ice dancers
- 21st-century American women
- American figure skating biography stubs