Brian Pockar
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Brian James Pockar |
| Born | October 27, 1959 |
| Died | April 28, 1992 (aged 32) Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Canada |
| 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
[edit | edit source]| International | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 73–74 | 74–75 | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 |
| 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 | |||||||||
| Canada | 3rd J | 4th J | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd |
| J = Junior level | |||||||||
References
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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
- Figure skaters from Calgary
- Canadian gay sportsmen
- Olympic figure skaters for Canada
- LGBTQ figure skaters
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
- 20th-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian figure skating biography stubs