Bobby Beauchamp
{{Short description|American figure skater}}
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|name= Bobby Beauchamp
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|country= United States
|birth_date= {{circa}} 1962
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|residence= Los Angeles County, California
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|coach= Mabel Fairbanks
John Nicks
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|formertraininglocations= Santa Monica Ice Chalet
Culver City Ice Arena
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|retired= {{circa}} 1986
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Bobby Beauchamp (born {{circa}} 1962) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 1979 World Junior silver medalist, 1983 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1983 U.S. national pewter medalist. He won the bronze medal at the 1987 World Professional Championships in Jaca, Spain.
Beauchamp was raised in Culver City, California. He began skating as a nine-year-old, as a form of physical therapy, having been born with a club foot affecting his left leg. He trained at the Culver City Ice Arena and the Santa Monica Ice Chalet, coached by Mabel Fairbanks and John Nicks.
After ending his competitive career, Beauchamp skated with the Ice Capades. As of 2017, he is a skating coach at Ice Station in Valencia, California.
Competitive highlights
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| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International | ||||||
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| Event
! {{tooltip|78–79|1978–1979}} ! 81–82 ! 82–83 ! 83–84 ! 84–85 ! 85–86 | ||||||
| align=left | NHK Trophy | 6th | |||||
| align=left | Skate America | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | Skate Canada | ? | |||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International: Junior | ||||||
| align=left | World Junior Champ. | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | National | ||||||
| align=left | U.S. Championships | bgcolor=silver | 2nd J | 7th | bgcolor=d1c571 | 4th | 8th | 7th | 10th |
| align=left | U.S. Olympic Festival | ? | |||||
| align=left | Eastern Sectionals | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||
| colspan=7 align=center | J = Junior level |
References
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{{cite web |url= http://skatecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11-Skate-America.pdf |title= Skate America |publisher= Skate Canada |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170530070159/http://skatecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11-Skate-America.pdf |archivedate= May 30, 2017 |url-status= live }}
{{cite news |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-27-we-1003-story.html |title= He's Skating His Way Back to Where He Began |first= Christina V. |last= Godbey |work= Los Angeles Times |date= October 27, 1991 }}
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