Nicks, John, 1929-
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Fuller Name
- John Allen Wisden
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1929-04-22
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Olympic Winter Games (5th : 1948 : Saint Moritz, Switzerland)
- Organization: Olympic Winter Games (6th : 1952 : Oslo, Norway)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Aliso Viejo Ice Palace
Birth Place
- Brighton (England)
Associated Locale
- Brighton (England)
Associated Locale
- Aliso Viejo (Calif.)
Associated Language
- English
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Sources
- found: OCLC, January 26, 2015(access point: Nicks, John; usage: John Nicks)
- found: Wikipedia, January 26, 2015(John Nicks; John Allen Wisden Nicks (born April 22, 1929); British figure skating coach and former pair skater. With his sister and pairs partner, Jennifer Nicks, he is the 1953 World champion. As a coach, his skating pupils have included Peggy Fleming, pairs team Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Sasha Cohen; grew up in Brighton, England; moved to the United States in the 1960s and was briefly an undocumented alien but received his green card a few weeks later. He married American former ice dancer Yvonne Littlefield. He became a U.S. citizen around 2008; currently coaches in Aliso Viejo, California at the Aliso Viejo Ice Palace; 8th in 1948 Olympics, 4th in 1952)
- found: Sports reference/Olympic sports website, January 26, 2015(John Nicks. Full name: John Allen Wisden Nicks. Gender: Male. Born: April 22, 1929 in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, Great Britain. Affiliations: Brighton Sports Stadium/Queens Ice Dance Club London. Country: GBR Great Britain. Sport: Figure Skating. Related Olympians: Brother of Jennifer Nicks. 1948 Winter: rank: 8; 1952 Winter: rank: 4)
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- 2015-01-27: new
- 2015-02-06: revised
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