Charlie Tickner

{{short description|American figure skater (born 1953)}}

{{Infobox figure skater

| name = Charlie Tickner

| image = Charlie Ticker compulsory figure 1980 Lake Placid Olympics (cropped).jpg

| caption = Tickner executing a compulsory figure at the 1980 Winter Olympics

| country = United States

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|11|13}}

| birth_place = Lafayette, California, U.S.

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{{MedalSport | Men's figure skating}}

{{Medal|Country | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1980 Lake Placid | Men's singles}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| 1980 Dortmund | Men's singles}}

{{MedalGold| 1978 Ottawa | Men's singles}}

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Charles Frederick Tickner (born November 13, 1953, in Lafayette, California{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/charlie-tickner-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110706/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/charlie-tickner-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Charlie Tickner}}) is an American figure skater.

Tickner won the gold medal at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships, skating to music from Georges Bizet's Carmen and Jules Massenet's Le Cid (opera) for his long program. He also won the bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1980 World Championships.

He is married and has three sons, and he currently resides in the East Bay, California. He is now a private figure skating coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stockton-fsc.org/coaches|title=figureskatingclub|website=figureskatingclub|access-date=2017-08-08}}