1992 Skate America
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The 1992 Skate America was the Skate America
Skate America
Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. The location changes yearly...

 competition of the 1992–1993 figure skating season
Figure skating season
The figure skating season is the period of time in which competitions are contested in the sport of figure skating. The skating season begins on July 1 of one year and goes until the end of June of the next. The seasons are referred to by the years they span...

. The event was organized 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...

. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of 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...

, 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...

, pair skating
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,...

, and ice dancing
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....

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In 1992, Skate America was held in Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

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Men

Rank Name Nation
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 Scott Davis
3 Mark Mitchell
4 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Viacheslav Zagorodniuk (born 11 August 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine (then USSR) is a former Ukrainian figure skater. He represented the USSR until its dissolution and then represented Ukraine. He is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1996 European champion,...

5 Philippe Candeloro
Philippe Candeloro
Philippe Candeloro is a French figure skater who medalled at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics.-Early years:Philippe Candeloro was born in Courbevoie, in France, the youngest of four children...

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10 Patrick Brault

Ladies

Rank Name Nation
1 Yuka Sato
Yuka Sato
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 1994 World Champion, the 1990 World Junior Champion and the 1993 & 1994 Japanese national champion. She placed 7th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1994 Winter Olympics.-Personal life:...

2 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:...

3 Lu Chen
Chen Lu
Chen Lu is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 1994 and 1998 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1995 World Champion. Chen won the first ever Olympic medal in figure skating for China.- Amateur career :...

4 Lisa Sargeant
Lisa Sargeant
Lisa Sargeant-Driscoll is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 1990 Canadian national champion, the 1989 Canadian bronze medalist and the 1991 Canadian silver medalist. She placed 6th at the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships and 18th the following year....

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10 Krisztina Czakó
Krisztina Czakó
Krisztina Czakó is a former Hungarian figure skater, competing through most of the 1990s.-Career:...


Pairs

Rank Name Nation
1 Marina Eltsova
Marina Eltsova
Marina Alexeevna Eltsova is a Russian pair skater. She represented the Soviet Union until its fall, and, after that, Russia. With partner Andrei Bushkov, she won the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1993 and 1997 European Figure Skating Championships...

 / Andrei Bushkov
Andrei Bushkov
Andrei Vasilievich Bushkov is a Russian pair skater. He represented the Soviet Union until its fall, and, after that, Russia. With partner Marina Eltsova, he won the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1993 and 1997 European Figure Skating Championships...

2 Radka Kovaříková
Radka Kovaríková
Radka Kovaříková is a Czech pair skater. She skates with partner René Novotný. They are the 1995 World champions. They were coached by Irina Rodnina. After winning their World title, they married and turned pro...

 / René Novotný
René Novotný
René Novotný is a Czech pair skater. He skates with partner Radka Kovaříková. They are the 1995 World champions. They were coached by Irina Rodnina. After winning their World title, they married and turned pro...

3 Evgenia Shishkova
Evgenia Shishkova
Evgenia Vasilievna Shishkova is a Russian pair skater and coach. With partner Vadim Naumov, she is the 1994 World champion. They also won the 1998 World Professional Championship.- Career :...

 / Vadim Naumov
Vadim Naumov
Vadim Vladimirovich Naumov is a Russian pair skater. With partner Evgenia Shishkova, he is the 1994 World champion. They also won the 1998 World Professional Championship.- Career :...

4 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....

5 Tristen Vega / Richard Alexander
6 Karen Courtland
Karen Courtland
Karen Courtland Kelly was an American figure skater who competed in pairs with partner Todd Reynolds. The couple won the bronze medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships in 1993 and 1994 and finished 14th at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.-Results:-References:*...

 / Todd Reynolds
Todd Reynolds (figure skater)
Richard Todd Reynolds was an American pair skater who competed with partner Karen Courtland. The couple won the bronze medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships in 1993 and 1994 and finished 14th at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.-Results:-References:*...

7 Jamie Salé
Jamie Salé
Jamie Rae Salé is a Canadian pair skater. With partner David Pelletier, she is a 2002 Olympic Champion and the 2001 World Champion. Salé & Pelletier's Olympic gold medal was shared with the Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating...

 / Jason Turner
Jason Turner (figure skater)
Jason Turner is a Canadian retired pair skater. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, with partner Jamie Salé, he won the bronze medal at the 1994 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and competed in the Winter Olympics that year...

8 Katie Wood / Joel McKeever
9 Laura Murphy / Brian Wells
Brian Wells (figure skater)
Brian Wells is an American retired competitive pair skater. He had the most success with partner Shelby Lyons, with whom he won four medals at the United States Figure Skating Championships, and competed with twice at the World Figure Skating Championships, placing 10th in 1996 and in 1998...


Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation
1 Maya Usova
Maya Usova
Maya Valentinovna Usova , born 22 May 1964 in Gorky is a Russian ice dancer. With Alexander Zhulin, she is the 1993 World champion, 1994 Olympic silver medalist, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist.- Career :...

 / Alexander Zhulin
Alexander Zhulin
Alexander Viacheslavovich Zhulin is a retired Russian ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia. With Maya Usova, he is the 1993 World champion, 1994 Olympic silver medalist, and 1992 Olympic bronze medalist....

2 Sophie Moniotte
Sophie Moniotte
Sophie Moniotte was a French ice dancer. She competed with partner Pascal Lavanchy. They won silver at the 1995 Europeans and bronze at Worlds in the same year. In 1999, she published a memoir of her life as a skater.-Results:...

 / Pascal Lavanchy
Pascal Lavanchy
Pascal Lavanchy was a French ice dancer. He competed with partner Sophie Moniotte. He won silver at the 1995 Europeans and bronze at Worlds in the same year.-Results:-References:...

3 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....

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WD Jennifer Boyce / Michel Brunet

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