1991 United States Figure Skating Championships
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The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition
Figure skating competition
-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 organzied by the United States Figure Skating Association
United States Figure Skating Association
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating on ice in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic Committee "USOC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and is the United States member of the International Skating...

. In addition to determining the national champions, the event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 1992 World Figure Skating Championships
1992 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1992 World Figure Skating Championships took place in Oakland, California, USA.-Medalists:- Medal table :-Men:-Ladies:-Pairs:-Ice Dancing:-References:*...

. Skaters competed in three levels: Senior, Junior, and Novice. Medals were awarded in six disciplines: Ladies singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, Men's singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, Pairs
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, Ice dance
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

, Ladies compulsory figures
Compulsory figures
Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly an aspect of the sport of figure skating, from which the sport derives its name. Carving specific patterns or figures into the ice was the original focus of the sport. The patterns of compulsory figures all derive from the basic figure eight...

, and Men's compulsory figures. Medals were given out in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).

The 1991 Championships took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

. The event was held at Target Center
Target Center
The Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is sponsored by Target Corporation. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 people. It contains 702 club seats and 68 suites....


Men

Rank Name
1 Todd Eldredge
Todd Eldredge
Todd James Eldredge is an American figure skater. He is the 1996 World Champion and a six-time national champion .-Biography:...

2 Christopher Bowman
Christopher Bowman
Christopher Nicol' Bowman was an American figure skater. He was a two-time U.S. national champion and two-time World medalist. He won the 1983 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and competed in two Olympic Winter Games, placing 7th in 1988 and 4th in 1992.-Biography:Bowman was born in...

3 Paul Wylie
Paul Wylie
Paul Stanton Wylie is an American figure skater and 1992 Olympic silver medalist.-Biography:Born in Dallas, Texas, Wylie began skating at the age of three. At age eleven, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he began to train with Carlo Fassi...

4 Mark Mitchell
5 Michael Chack
Michael Chack
Michael Chack is an American figure skater. He is the 1993 U.S. bronze medalist. His name became a synonym for a performance not being aired during the broadcast after his 3rd place finish at the 1993 U.S. Figure Skating Championships was not shown on television. He currently tours with Holiday on...

6 Erik Larson
Erik Larson (figure skater)
Erik Larson is a former American figure skater. In 1985 he was coached by 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic bronze medalist Barbara Ann Roles Williams, and he became the first American figure skater to win a World Junior Championship title in the United States. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=121k2H4tpwo....

7 Shepherd Clark
Shepherd Clark
Shepherd Walton Clark is an American former competitive figure skater. He won the silver medal at the 1989 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. The next season, he won the Nebelhorn Trophy. He won the pewter medal at the 1998 United States Figure Skating Championships. Mr...

8 Scott Davis
9 Craig Heath
10 Daniel Doran
11 Rudy Galindo
Rudy Galindo
Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo is an American figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the 1996 U.S. national champion and 1987 World Junior Champion. As a pairs skater, he competed with Kristi Yamaguchi and was the 1988 World Junior Champion and the...

12 Aren Nielsen
Aren Nielsen
Aren Nielsen is an American former competitive figure skater. He is currently the Skating Director at the Atlanta IceForum, in Duluth, GA.-Competitive highlights:-Other competitive highlights:-External links:...

13 Doug Mattis
14 Colin VanderVeen
15 Alex Chang
16 Richard Sears

Ladies

Rank Name
1 Tonya Harding
Tonya Harding
Tonya Maxine Harding is an American figure skating champion. In 1991 she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition...

2 Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...

3 Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Ann Kerrigan is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion.-Early life and skating career:...

4 Tonia Kwiatkowski
Tonia Kwiatkowski
Tonia Kwiatkowski is an American figure skater and coach. She is the 1996 United States silver medalist and a three-time World team member, twice finishing in the top ten at the World Championships. She competed in 13 U.S. National Championships. Carol Heiss Jenkins and Glyn Watts were her longtime...

5 Tisha Walker
6 Holly Cook
Holly Cook
Holly Cook-Tanner is an American figure skater. She is the 1990 World and U.S. bronze medalist. She was coached by Chris Sherard. She now coaches at the South Davis Recreation Center in Bountiful, Utah. Cook is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

7 Kyoko Ina
Kyoko Ina
is a Japanese-American figure skater. With partner John Zimmerman, she is a three-time U.S. national champion and 2002 Olympian. With partner Jason Dungjen, she was a two-time U.S. Champion and a 1994 & 1998 Olympian.- Life and career :...

8 Nicole Bobek
Nicole Bobek
Nicole Bobek is an American figure skater. She is the 1995 U.S. Champion and World bronze medalist.-Biography:An only child, Bobek was raised by her Czech mother, Jana, and her friend Joyce Barron...

9 Jeri Campbell
10 Stacy Rutkowski
11 Tamara Kuchiki
12 Rosanna Tovi
13 Jessica Mills
Jessica Mills
Jessica Mills is a former American figure skater. She won the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1989. She is the sister of Olympic gymnast Phoebe Mills. -Results:-References:...

14 Leanna Naczynski

Pairs

(incomplete standings)
Rank Name
1 Natasha Kuchiki
Natasha Kuchiki
Natasha Kuchiki is an American pairs figure skater. Her parents, Denise and Sashi, were competitive figure skaters who met in the Ice Capades. Her sister Tamara was also a competitive figure skater....

 / Todd Sand
Todd Sand
Todd Sand is an American pairs skater. He currently skates professionally with wife Jenni Meno.-Life and career:Sand was born in Burbank, California. He has dual American and Danish citizenship and early in his career, he represented Denmark as a single skater...

2 Calla Urbanski
Calla Urbanski
Calla V. Urbanski-Petka is an American pair skater. With partner Rocky Marval, she is the 1992-1993 U.S. National Champion. They finished 10th at the 1992 Winter Olympics. They were dubbed "The Waitress and the Truck Driver" by the media because of their former occupations. They split up in the...

 / Rocky Marval
Rocky Marval
Rocky Marval is an American pair skater. With partner Calla Urbanski, he is the 1992–1993 U.S. National Champion. They finished 10th at the 1992 Winter Olympics....

3 Jenni Meno
Jenni Meno
Jenni Meno is an American pair skater. She first partnered with Scott Wendland and won two medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She began skating with her future husband Todd Sand in April 1992...

 / Scott Wendland
Scott Wendland
Scott Wendland was an American figure skater. He competed in pairs with Jenni Meno and the duo skated in the 1992 Winter Olympics. However, after that season, Meno left Wendland for another partner.-Men's singles:-Pairs :...

4 Sharon Carz / Doug Williams
...

Ice dancing

(incomplete standings)
Rank Name
1 Elizabeth Punsalan
Elizabeth Punsalan
Elizabeth Punsalan or Swallow is an American ice dancer. With her partner and husband Jerod Swallow, she is a five-time U.S. national champion, two-time Skate America champion, and competed twice in the Winter Olympics.- Career :Early in her career, Punsalan competed with Christopher Rettstatt,...

 / Jerod Swallow
Jerod Swallow
Jerod Swallow is an American ice dancer. With his partner and wife Elizabeth Punsalan, he is a five-time U.S. national champion, two-time Skate America champion, and competed twice in the Winter Olympics....

2 April Sargent
April Sargent
April Sargent is an American ice dancer. Skating with Russ Witherby, she won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992 and competed in the Winter Olympics that year. She currently coaches at the Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society....

 / Russ Witherby
Russ Witherby
Russ Witherby is an American coach and former competitive figure skater. He competed in ice dance with several partners. He and April Sargent Thomas competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics...

3 Jeanne Miley / Michael Verlich
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