Ted Wilson (born 8 August 1943, official name George William Wilson II) is a former Ice Capades performer and ice rink manager in the U.S., UAE, Hong Kong and China. Wilson became a tireless visionary and advocate of the sport of ice skating in parts of the world where skating was uncommon prior to his arrival.[1]
Early life
Life as a competitive skater
Life as a professional skater
Life in Dubai (1980-1987)
- 1980 - 1987 Manager of The Galleria Ice Rink - Hyatt Regency Dubai
- 1980? - 1999? Director of Ice Skating Institute of America (ISIA) International Section
Life in Hong Kong (1987-2002)
- 1987 April - 2002 May Manager of Cityplaza Ice Palace, Hong Kong
- 1989 Created the 1st ISI Skate Asia 1989[2]
- 1989 Trained the 1st Hong Kong's skater, 1st Asian skater and 7th skater, Sunny Man, passing ISI Freestyle 10.[3] Hereafter, 4 more skaters from Hong Kong passed Freestyle 10 under Ted's umbrella:
- Rita Dolly Au Yeung
- Chan Pak Ling Nicholas
- Chan Yan Ho Brian
- Leung Hei Wai Derek
- 1994 ISI Man of the Year[4]
- 1998 - 2002 May Manager of 2 ice rinks - Festival Walk Glacier and Cityplaza Ice Palace
- 2000 Founded Ice Skating Institute of Asia (ISIAsia)[5]
- 2000 - 2003 President of Ice Skating Institute of Asia (ISIAsia)
- 2001 Initiated the formation of Hong Kong Ice Theatre (2001-2013)[6]
- 2001 ISI International Merit Award[4]
Life in China (2002 - 2011 June)
Mixc Shenzhen World Ice Arena
Life in Hong Kong (2011 June - 2013 September 21)
- 2011 June - 2013 September CEO of Ice Rink Concepts Limited, a division of The Development Studio
Back to US (2013 September 21 - 2013 Oct 18)
- 2013 ISI Ice Skating Hall of Fame[10]
- Passed away on 18 October 2013 at 5:10pm in California.
In Memory of Ted
In the media
- 1994 February 26 - South China Morning Post - Wizards on ice rush for gold
- 2004 May 9 - South China Morning Post - Shenzhen breaks the ice with Olympic-sized skating rink
References
- ↑ "Skate Asia: Bigger & Better Than Ever". www.mydigitalpublication.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "Skate Asia - ISIAsia". isiasia.org. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "The Ice Sports Industry (ISI)". ISI. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- 1 2 "The Ice Sports Industry (ISI)". ISI. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ↑ "ISI History | ISI". Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "HONG KONG ICE THEATRE LIMITED - 香港公司註冊查詢". www.hongkongcompanylookup.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ↑ "Shenzhen breaks the ice with Olympic-sized skating rink". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ↑ Team, World Ice Arena Project (2009-03-26). "WORLD ICE ARENA HANGZHOU 2010: PROJECT DIRECTOR TED WILSON". WORLD ICE ARENA HANGZHOU 2010. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ↑ "World Ice Arena". I Want More Books!. 2010-11-19.
- ↑ "The Ice Sports Industry (ISI)". ISI. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
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