Mark Pepperday

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Mark Pepperday
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Personal information
Born (1961-03-15) 15 March 1961 (age 65)
Figure skating career
CountryUnited Kingdom
Skating clubno affiliation
Retired1984
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1977 Megève Men

Mark Pepperday (born 15 March 1961)[1] is a British figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1977 World Junior silver medalist. His highest placement at the European Championships was 14th, in 1981,[2] and his highest placement at the World Championships was 20th, in 1983.[3]

Early life

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He lived on 15 Mansfield Road in Selston, and attended the Matthew Holland Comprehensive School. His parents were Colin and Marlene.[4] His cousin Michael Aldred, from Derwent Road in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, also ice skated with Catherine Barker in the mid-1980s.[5][6]

Career

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After retiring from competition, Pepperday toured with Holiday on Ice for three and a half years and became a skating coach.[1] He has been based at Bülacher Eislaufclub in Bülach, Switzerland.[7] He has coached Sarah Meier,[8] Moris Pfeifhofer,[9] and Myriam Leuenberger,[10] among others.

Mark Pepperday and Anita Pepperday-Siegfried have founded Pepperday's Pro Ice Skating[11] in 2019 and offer ice skating trainings in Bülach, Switzerland[7] and Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Currently he is training at the Eislaufclub, Küsnacht ECK in Küsnacht, Switzerland.

Results

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International
Event 76–77 80–81 81–82 82–83 83–84
World Champ. 21st 20th
European Champ. 14th 16th 15th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ. 2nd
National
British Champ. 1st 1st 1st

References

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  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Skatabase:1980s Europeans Archived 2007-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Skatabase: 1980s Worlds Archived 2007-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 15 January 1977, page 7
  5. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 17 January 1990, page 14
  6. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Thursday 8 February 1990, page 1
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  11. ^ Pepperday's Pro Ice Skating Professional Ice Skating School in Bülach and Dielsdorf