Todd Sand
Sand in 2014
Born	(1963-10-30)October 30, 1963 (age 61)
Height	5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm)
Figure skating career
Country	United States  Denmark (1981–83)
Partner	Jenni Meno (1992–98) Natasha Kuchiki (1989–1992) Lori Blasko (1985–88)
Coach	John Nicks
Retired	1998
Medal record Representingthe United States Pairs'Figure skating World Championships 1998 Minneapolis Pairs 1996 Edmonton Pairs 1995 Birmingham Pairs 1991 Munich Pairs

Todd Sand (born October 30, 1963) is an Americanpair skater. With his wifeJenni Meno, he is the1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-timeU.S. national champion (1994–96). With his previous partnerNatasha Kuchiki, he is the1991 World bronze medalist.

Sand was born inBurbank,California. He has dual American and Danish citizenship, since his father is Danish.^[1] He is married toJenni Meno, with whom he has two sons, Jack, born in 2004, and Matthew Kenneth, born in 2006.

In March 2023, while attending the2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships with his students,Sophia Baram /Daniel Tioumentsev inCalgary,Alberta, Sand suffered aheart attack and was hospitalized for an extended period.^[2]

Early in his career, Sand representedDenmark as asingle skater. He competed for that country at theWorld andEuropean Championships in the early 1980s.

In 1985, Sand began competing as a pair skater with Lori Blasko, representing theUnited States. They were the 1985 U.S. nationalbronze medalists on the junior level.

Sand teamed up withNatasha Kuchiki in spring 1989.^[3] They won three senior pairs medals at theU.S. Championships, including gold in 1991, and competed at three World Championships, winning a surprising bronze in1991. They also competed at the1992 Winter Olympics, where they placed 6th. Kuchiki and Sand announced the end of their partnership in April 1992.^[3]

Meno and Sand teamed up on the ice in April 1992. They had immediate success, qualifying for the1993 World Figure Skating Championships in their first season with a 2nd-place finish at the U.S Nationals, and were the top Americans there placing 5th, qualifying three teams for the1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.^[4] They became U.S Champions in 1994, then placed 5th in arguably the strongest pairs field assembled in history in Lillehammer with two clean skates.

In 1995, they won their second consecutive U.S title with perhaps their finest performance ever, gaining 6 perfect 6.0s for artistic impression. They then came from 5th after the short program to win the bronze medal at the1995 World Figure Skating Championships. In 1996, they won their third consecutive U.S title, and again climbed from 5th to 3rd, and won their second consecutive World bronze medal.

In 1997, they set themselves up as possible contenders for the World title early in the season, beating both the World gold and World silver medallistsMarina Eltsova /Andrei Bushkov andMandy Woetzel /Ingo Steuer in fall competitions. They had also gained the necessary side by side triple toes that had prevented them from a higher finish than 3rd place at the previous two World Championships. They however lost their form and suffered a last place finish at the Champions Series final in Hamilton, Ontario, and lost their U.S title toKyoko Ina /Jason Dungjen. With a chance for the World title after major mistakes by the other top teams, they suffered another lacklustre outing and dropped to 5th at the1997 World Figure Skating Championships.

They missed much of the 1997–1998 competitive season with injury, and had to withdraw from the U.S Championships after the short program, but on their past record were named to the team for the1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.^[5][6] After a dismal performance in Nagano in finishing 8th, they ended their career on a high on home ice in Minneapolis at the1998 World Figure Skating Championships, winning the short program, and taking the silver medal, their highest finish ever at Worlds. Following their retirement from competitive skating, they skated professionally in theStars on Ice tour for six seasons.

Sand appeared in theITV seriesDancing on Ice with double Olympic gold medallistKelly Holmes. They were eliminated in quarterfinal (Week 6) after the judges' votes to saveBonnie Langford and her partnerMatt Evers.

Sand works as a coach with his wife. They previously coachedJohn Baldwin /Rena Inoue,Mary Beth Marley /Rockne Brubaker,^[7] andJessica Calalang /Zack Sidhu.^[8] Currently, they coachAlexa Knierim /Brandon Frazier.

Sand is an ISU Technical Specialist.^[9] He was a technical specialist for the men's event at the2005 World Championships.^[10]

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• Official site
• Skatabase: 1980s Worlds Men's Results
• Skatabase: 1980s Europeans Men's Results
• The Figure Skating Corner profile
• Pairs on Ice: Blasko & Sand
• Pairs on Ice: Kuchiki & Sand
• Pairs on Ice: Meno & Sand
• Meno, Sand to coach Inoue, Baldwin

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• Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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• Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
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