Catarina Lindgren

Catarina Lindgren
Personal information
Full name Margit Catharina Lindgren
Country represented  Sweden
Born (1963-05-10) 10 May 1963
Piteå, Norrbotten, Sweden
Skating club Piteå Konståkningsklubb
Retired 1984

Margit Catharina Lindgren,[1] known as Catarina Lindgren[2] (born 10 May 1963) is a Swedish figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor. She is a four-time (1981–1984) Swedish national champion. She represented Sweden at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where she placed 20th.

Personal life

Margit Catharina Lindgren was born on 10 May 1963 in Piteå, Norrbotten.[3][1] She married American figure skater Tom Dickson in 1986 and their twins, a boy and a girl, were born in the late 1990s.[4] Their son is named Kai.[5]

Career

Lindgren became a four-time Swedish national champion in the first half of the 1980s. She was sent to the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, where she placed 20th.

After ending her competitive career, Lindgren skated with Ice Capades.[6] She then became a coach and choreographer. As of 2017, she is based at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[2]

Her students and clients include:

Competitive highlights

International
Event 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83 83–84
Winter Olympics20th
World Championships18th19th17th
European Championships16th22nd21st
Nordic Championships3rd
NHK Trophy7th5th
National[24]
Swedish Championships2nd1st1st1st1st

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Catharina Lindgren". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Coach Biographies". Broadmoor World Arena. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Catharina LINDGREN". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Burke, David (November 26, 2009). "'Disney on Ice' choreographers have an Olympic pedigree". Quad-City Times. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ Stevens, Ryan (September 4, 2013). "Interview With Tom Dickson". Skate Guard.
  6. ↑ Kisselgoff, Anna (January 22, 1988). "Dance: Ice Capades, Torvill and Dean". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Abbott Archived June 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ Bradley
  9. ↑ Gilles Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Hanevold Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ Helgesson Archived January 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ Helgesson
  13. ↑ Kim Chae-Hwa
  14. ↑ Kim Yuna Archived May 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ Lee Archived 2009-04-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ↑ Liu Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  17. ↑ Miner
  18. ↑ Mroz Archived October 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ↑ Nagasu
  20. ↑ Persson Archived January 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  21. ↑ Pylkina & Hogner Archived 2004-12-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  22. ↑ Skrlj Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  23. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  24. ↑ "Svenska Mästerskapen i Konståkning för Damer" (PDF) (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
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