John Curry biography

 John Curry biography

 John Curry, in full John Anthony Curry, (born September 9, 1949, Birmingham, England—died April 15, 1994, Binton, Warwickshire, England), English determine skater who redefined the game together with his elegant balletic type. Known as “the Nureyev of the ice,” he gained the gold medal on the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

Curry had an early curiosity in ballet, however his father wouldn't enable him to take dance classes as a result of he felt dance was effeminate. Curry started skating at age seven, nonetheless, as a result of his father thought-about ice skating a sport. Combining swish athleticism and revolutionary choreography, he was the British nationwide champion in 1971 and from 1973 to 1976. He moved to the United States in 1973, the place he educated with Carlo Fassi. For the primary time, Curry was capable of commit himself totally to skating, because of monetary assist from an American sponsor.

In 1976 Curry reached the pinnacle of his beginner profession, successful the British nationwide, European, and world titles, in addition to the gold medal on the Olympics. Although his earlier performances had been criticized for missing the extra athletic and daring strikes anticipated in males’s determine skating, Curry included three triples in his Olympic program. As a consequence, seven of the 9 judges positioned Curry first, with the Soviet and Canadian judges inserting him second, for Great Britain’s first gold medal in determine skating. Later that 12 months, Curry was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

After successful the world title, Curry turned skilled. He fashioned his personal touring firm, working with such ballet choreographers as Twyla Tharp, Kenneth MacMillan, and Peter Martins. In 1978 he established a skating college in New York City. Diagnosed with AIDS, he retired from the game in 1991.