| Derrick Delmore | |||||||||||||||
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 Delmore in 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1978-12-12)December 12, 1978 (age 46) Andrews Air Force Base,Maryland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Washington FSC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Derrick Delmore (born December 12, 1978) is an Americanfigure skater. He is the1998 World Junior champion, the2000 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist,2000 Karl Schäfer Memorial bronze medalist, and 1999 U.S. National Collegiate champion.
Derrick Delmore was born on December 12, 1978, atAndrews Air Force Base inMaryland. In 1995, he was awarded the Paderewski medal for a decade of playing classical piano at the national level.[1] He attendedStanford University, graduating in June 2000 with a double major in communications and psychology.[1] Derrick is married to San Francisco-based physician Dr. Kenneth Leong.
Delmore started skating when he was eight years old.[2] He competed in novice pair skating with Alix Clymer in the 1990–91 season and with Crystal Kim in the 1995–96 season. Competing in men's singles, he won the pewter medal (fourth place) on the novice level at the 1992 U.S. Championships and on the junior level at the 1995 U.S. Championships.
During the1997–98 ISU Junior Series, Delmore won silver in Bulgaria and finished sixth in Hungary. In December 1997, he was awarded gold ahead of Russia'sSergei Davydov and China'sLi Yunfei at the1998 World Junior Championships inSaint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
At the2002 Skate America, Delmore broke one of his blades during a practice session and back-up skates were delivered to him hours before the short program.[2] He went on to finish 8th at the event. A right hip flexor injury began bothering him in early November 2002 after he fell on a quad attempt at the2002 Skate Canada International.[3] Due to the injury, he withdrew from the2003 U.S. Championships after placing 12th in the short program.[3]
Delmore appeared as the male lead in a musical production ofCold As Ice at theGateway Playhouse in 2007[4] in New York. In 2008, he retired from single skating to compete as a pair skater.[5] He and his partner, Kelcie Lee, placed 5th at the junior level at the Sectional Championship; they did not qualify for the2009 U.S. Championships.
Previously working at the East West Ice Palace inArtesia, California, Delmore currently coaches at The Rinks - Lakewood ICE inLakewood, California, alongsideIvan Dinev.[6][7] His students have includedStarr Andrews,Zhu Yi, andSoho Lee.[8][9][10]
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GP:Grand Prix; JGP:Junior Series (Junior Grand Prix)
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| Event | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 |
| Four Continents | 10th | 11th | ||||||||||||||
| GPSkate Canada | 5th | |||||||||||||||
| GPSkate America | 5th | 8th | ||||||||||||||
| GPNHK Trophy | 10th | |||||||||||||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 5th | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 5th | ||||||||||
| Golden Spin | 5th | |||||||||||||||
| Schäfer Memorial | 11th | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
| International: Junior[13] | ||||||||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 10th | 1st | ||||||||||||||
| JGPHungary | 6th | |||||||||||||||
| JGPBulgaria | 2nd | |||||||||||||||
| St. Gervais | 1st J. | |||||||||||||||
| Blue Swords | 17th J. | |||||||||||||||
| National[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 7th J. | 7th J. | 4th J. | WD | 11th | 5th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 6th | WD | 8th | 7th | 12th | 6th | 15th |
| U.S. Collegiate | 1st | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. Olympic Fest. | 1st | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
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