Brian Pockar
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Full name | Brian James Pockar | ||||||||||||
Country represented | Canada | ||||||||||||
Born | Calgary, Alberta |
October 27, 1959||||||||||||
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Calgary |
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Skating club | Calgary WC | ||||||||||||
Retired | 1982 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brian James Pockar (October 27, 1959 – April 28, 1992) was a Canadian figure skater. He was the 1982 World bronze medalist, a three-time Canadian national champion (1978–80), and competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics.[1] He was born and died in Calgary.
After turning pro, Pockar toured with Stars on Ice and worked as a choreographer. He died of AIDS in 1992.[2] Scott Hamilton outed Pockar as gay in Hamilton's autobiography, Landing It.[3]
Competitive highlights
International | |||||||||
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Event | 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 |
Olympics | 12th | ||||||||
Worlds | 14th | 10th | 13th | 9th | 8th | 3rd | |||
Skate Canada | 11th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | |||||
Nebelhorn | 4th | ||||||||
St. Gervais | 2nd | ||||||||
International: Junior | |||||||||
Junior Worlds | 3rd | ||||||||
National | |||||||||
Canadians | 3rd J. | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | ||
J. = Junior level |
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Categories:
- 1959 births
- 1992 deaths
- AIDS-related deaths in Canada
- Canadian male single skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- LGBT sportspeople from Canada
- Olympic figure skaters of Canada
- Sportspeople from Calgary
- Gay sportsmen
- LGBT figure skaters
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Canadian figure skating biography stubs