Jill Watson

Jill Watson
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1963-03-29) March 29, 1963 Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Former partner	Peter Oppegard Burt Lancon
Medal record Pairs' figure skating Representing the United States Olympic Games 1988 Calgary Pairs World Championships 1987 Cincinnati Pairs

Jill Marilynn Watson (born March 29, 1963 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American retired pair skater and coach. With her partner Peter Oppegard, she is the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and a three-time U.S. national champion.

Watson was initially paired with Burt Lancon, with whom she won two national bronze medals in 1983 and 1984. She began competing with Oppegard in 1985. In their career, Watson and Oppegard won three national titles, a world bronze medal, an Olympic bronze medal, and various other medals. During Watson and Oppegard's free skate at the 1988 Olympics, a photographer dropped his camera bag onto the ice and an usher walked onto the ice to pick it up while the pair was performing a death spiral on the other side of the rink.

She is now a coach at the Desert Schools Coyotes Center in the United States. [1] She coached Rena Inoue/John Baldwin for five seasons.

Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard were inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004.

Results

(pairs with Peter Oppegard)

Event	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88
Winter Olympic Games				3rd
World Championships	4th	6th	3rd	6th
U.S. Championships	1st	2nd	1st	1st
Skate America		1st
Fujifilm Trophy				1st
NHK Trophy			2nd

(pairs with Burt Lancon)

Event	1982–83	1983–84
Winter Olympic Games		6th
World Championships	11th	WD
U.S. Championships	3rd	3rd
Skate America		2nd

External links

• Watson and Lancon competition results
• Watson and Oppegard competition results