Catarina Lindgren
Full nameMargit Catharina Lindgren
Born (1963-05-10) 10 May 1963
Piteå, Norrbotten, Sweden
Figure skating career
Country Sweden
Skating clubPiteå Konståkningsklubb
Retired1984

Margit Catharina Lindgren[1] (born 10 May 1963), known as Catarina Lindgren,[2] 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] And daughter named Mikaela.

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]

Among the students she has trained or choreographed for include:

Competitive highlights

International
Event 77–78 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83 83–84
Olympics20th
Worlds18th19th17th
Europeans16th22nd21st
Nordics3rd
NHK Trophy7th5th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds20th20th
National[24]
Sweden2nd1st1st1st1st

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "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 (26 November 2009). "'Disney on Ice' choreographers have an Olympic pedigree". Quad-City Times. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Stevens, Ryan (4 September 2013). "Interview With Tom Dickson". Skate Guard.
  6. ↑ Kisselgoff, Anna (22 January 1988). "Dance: Ice Capades, Torvill and Dean". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Abbott Archived June 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Bradley". Archived from the original on 29 March 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  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". isuresults.com.
  13. ↑ "Kim Chae-Hwa". isuresults.com.
  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". isuresults.com.
  18. ↑ Mroz Archived October 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ "Nagasu". twitter.com.
  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. ↑ "Biography". Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  24. ↑ "Svenska Mästerskapen i Konståkning för Damer" (PDF) (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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