Competitive Record and Awards

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Amateur Competitions

Year	Location	Event	Figures	Short	Long	Free (S+L)	Overall
1969	Billingham	British Novice		N/A	1	N/A	1
1972	Billingham	British Juniors	4	1	1	1	1
	Richmond	British	3	2	2	2	3
1973	Cologne	Europeans	18	14	13	14	15
	St. Gervais	St. Gervais Grand Prix	14	4	5		7
	Calgary	Skate Canada	11	9	5	5	10
	Richmond	British	2	2	2	2	2
1974	Zagreb	Europeans	16	12	7	10	11
	Kitchener	Skate Canada	10	4	3	4	6
	Richmond	British	2	2	2	2	2
1975	Copenhagen	Europeans	11	8	10	8	11
	Colorado Springs	Worlds	15	11	11	11	12
	Johannesburg	Skate Safari	2	1	1	1	2
	Richmond	British	2	1	1	1	2
1976	Geneva	Europeans	13	7	5	5	6
	Innsbruck	Olympics	14	11	8	8	10
	Gothenburg	Worlds	14	8	8	8	9
	Ottawa	Skate Canada	4	2	2	2	2
	Richmond	British	1	1	1	1	1
1977	Helsinki	Europeans	7	2	2	2	3
	Tokyo	Worlds	10	5	--	withdrew
	Moncton	Skate Canada	2	1	1	1	1
	Richmond	British	2	1	1	1	1
1978	Strasbourg	Europeans	5	1	1	1	3
	Ottawa	Worlds	4	2	1	1	3
	Richmond	British	1	1	1	1	1
1979	Zagreb	Europeans	6	1	1	1	3
	Vienna	Worlds	5	3	1	1	2
	Richmond	Rotary Watches	1	1	1	1	1
	Tokyo	NHK Trophy (Free)	-	1	1	1	1
	The Hague	Ennia Cup (Free)	-	1	1	1	1
	Richmond	British	1	1	1	1	1
1980	Gothenburg	Europeans	3	3	1	1	1
	Lake Placid	Olympics	4	1	1	1	1
	Dortmund	Worlds	5	1	1	1	2

Information compiled from Skating For Gold by Robin Cousins and Howard Bass, 1980 and various magazines.

1985 and 1987 World Professional Champion, Landover, MD

Professional Competitions

1980 World Professional Championships, Landover, MD (team competition, no individual scores--1st place team)
1981 World Professional Championships, Landover, MD (team competition, no individual scores--2nd place team)
2nd, 1982 Pro Skate Montreal
3rd, 1982 Pro Skate Vancouver
1st, 1982 Pro Skate New York City
1st, 1983 Pro Skate Calgary
1st, 1983 Pro Skate Vancouver
1st, 1983 Pro Skate Edmonton
1st, 1983 Pro Skate Toronto
1st, 1983 Pro Skate New York City
1st, 1984 Pro Skate Tokyo
1st, 1984 Pro Skate Sapporo
1st, 1984 Pro Skate New York City
1st, 1985 Pro Skate Tokyo
1st, 1985 Pro Skate Sapporo
1st, 1985 World Professional Championships, Landover, MD
1st, 1985 Challenge of Champions, Paris
2nd, 1986 World Professional Championships, Landover, MD
2nd, 1986 Challenge of Champions, Paris
1st, 1987 World Professional Championships, Landover, MD
4th, 1988 World Professional Championships, Landover, MD
1st, 1989 World Cup of Figure Skating, Ottawa, Ontario
2nd, 1990 World Professional Championships, Landover, MD
3rd, 1990 Challenge of Champions, Barcelona
3rd, 1991 World Professional Championships, Landover, MD
4th, 1991 Challenge of Champions, Oslo
4th, 1992 Skaters Championship. Cincinnati, Ohio
2nd, 1993 World Professional Championships, Landover, MD
2nd, 1993 Challenge of Champions, Toronto
3rd, 1994 North American Open, Cleveland, Ohio
4th, 1994 Canadian Professional Championships, Hamilton, Ontario
1994 World Team Championship, Amherst, Massachusetts (no individual scores--3rd place team)
3rd, 1995 Challenge of Champions, London
2nd, 1997 Legends Professional Championships, Little Rock, Arkansas

Awards & Achievements

MBE from Queen Elizabeth II, 1980
BBC Sports Personality of the Year, 1980
Guinness World Records for distance--19 feet 1 inch in an axel jump and 18 feet with a back flip--set November 16, 1983 at Richmond Ice Rink, England
Gordon's Gin Good Guy Award (for charity work), 1989
Professional Skater of the Year Award from American Skating World, 1992 (photo)
Elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, 2004

Perfect 6.0s in amateur competition (list may be incomplete):

1977 Skate Canada--1 (artistic impression)
1977 British Nationals--2 in long (one each for technical and artistic)
1978 Europeans--2 (one each for short and long programs)
1979 Europeans--3 (one short, two long)
1980 Europeans--3 (for artistic, in long)
1980 Olympics--1 (for artistic, in short)
1980 Worlds--3 (for long, one technical, two artistic)

Also numerous perfect 10.0s in professional competitions.