Todd James Eldredge (born August 28, 1971) is a former competitive American skating player. He is a 1996 World champion and sixth US national champion (1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002). He competed in three Winter Olympics (1992, 1998, 2002).
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Careers
Eldredge started skating when he was five and moved from Chatham, Massachusetts to Philadelphia at the age of ten to practice with Richard Callaghan. He was later trained at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and at Onyx in Rochester Hills, Michigan. He won silver in the 1987 Junior World Championships and then gold in 1988. He took bronze in 1988 Skate America.
In the 1989-90 season, Eldredge won his first senior national title and was sent to the 1990 World Championships, where he finished fifth. The following season, he repeated as a national champion and then took the bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships. Although Eldredge missed the 1992 US Championships, he was nominated to represent the US at the 1992 Winter Olympics. He was placed tenth in Albertville and then seventh in the 1992 World Championships.
Eldredge fought for the next two seasons, ranks sixth in the 1993 and fourth US Championships in 1994, and was not elected to the 1994 Olympics. He regained momentum in the 1994-95 season, taking silver medals at the 1994 Goodwill Games and gold in 1994 Skate America and the 1994 NHK Trophy. He later won his third national and silver title at the 1995 World Championships. In 1996, he came up with silverware in the US Championships, but won gold at the 1996 World Championships.
In the 1996-1997 Eldredge season started to burn, easily defeated Alexei Urmanov (who also drove cleanly) to win the Skate America. He controversially lost the Grand Prix final to Elvis Stojko who landed the first quadruple-triple combination, but had other faults, including falling on his 2 triple axel. Eldredge plays a cleaner and more complete program, but suffers from home country scoring events in Canada. He regained his U.S title easily, in the absence of defending Champion Rudy Galindo, who is now a professional. At the World Championship Eldredge slid a spectacular short program, but due to a very early draw he finished 2nd to Alexei Urmanov who slid near the end. The top 6 are all clean with triple axel-triple toe combination. Elvis Stojko though comes from 4 to win gold after a perfect long program with a quadruple-triple combination. The first Eldredge was chosen, then later fell on the 2nd triple axel effort, sealing his fate when combined with it he also did not have a quadruple leap to begin with.
In an important year of his career in 1997-1998, Eldredge suffered through a slow graduation of the grand prix circuit. First winning Skate America with an unflattering skate, having injured herself during the warm-up. Then just place the 4th position in Trophee Lalique, won with a ride starting Alexei Yagudin. He controversially finished 3rd in the Grand Prix final where most believe he deserved at least 2 places above Elvis Stojko. He skates cleanly, apart from duplicated double circles, and strangely loses to Stojko who falls on his fourfold effort. He then finished fourth at the second Olympics, in Nagano, after a long destructive performance program, only managing 5 out of 8 planned triples, when the net skate will collect at least silver comfortably. He rebounded to win silver in a soft World Championship in his native country, an event losing all 3 Olympic medals. The fall of the short program made her gold price rise to star Alexei Yagudin, despite comfortably winning a long program with a strong skate.
Eldredge continues to compete in the pros and leaves the door open to return to amateur skating. In 2000, he landed his first quadruple leap in competition at the Masters of Figure Skating. He competed at various events through the 1999-2000 season, but strangely did not slide in the World Championships. Eldredge resigned from the 2001 Continental Championship with an ankle injury. He returned to the US Championship for the first time since 1998, and took silver behind Tim Goebel, but then beat Goebel for bronze at the World Championships where most felt he deserved silverware because of injured and defective Alexei Yagudin. In 2002, he won his sixth title in the US and finished sixth in his third Olympic appearance. After retiring from the competition, he toured with Stars on Ice.
Eldredge was inducted into Skating Hall of Fame U.S. in the US during the US Figure Skating Championship of 2008. On January 31, 2011, the World Skating Hall of Fame announced Eldredge as a nominee for outstanding competitors in the men's category.
Eldredge previously trained at the Germain Arena in Estero, Florida. In April 2012, he underwent a left hip replacement surgery. In 2014, he trained at Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Frisco, Texas.
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Personal life
Eldredge was born in Chatham, Massachusetts. He married Megan McCrea on September 3, 2005, at St. Petersburg, Florida. In 2008, he moved to Florida. In March 2009, he said he was divorced. Eldredge married Sabrina Corbaci on September 28, 2012, in San Diego, California. Corbaci is a graphic designer and twice (1991, 1992) pairs of US beginner medalists with Eddy Zeidler. They have two sons - Ayrton, born May 26, 2012, and Rhyder, born in 2004.
Program
Competitive highlights
GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix
Post-1993
Pre-1993
References
External links
- Todd Eldredge's official website
- Todd Eldredge's Coaching Bio
- Todd Eldredge at International Skating Union
- Star on Ice: Todd Eldredge
- Biography of the US Olympic Team Todd Eldredge
- Todd Eldredge on IMDb
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