Robin Cousins
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Robin John•Cousins |
| Used name | Robin•Cousins |
| Born | 17 August 1957 in Bristol, England (GBR) |
| Measurements | 183 cm / 66 kg |
| Affiliations | Queens Ice Dance Club, London (GBR) |
| NOC |  Great Britain |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 0 |
| Total | 1 |
Biography
After finishing tenth at the 1976 Olympics, Robin Cousins won a bronze medal at the 1978 World Championships and improved to take second place in 1979. Then at the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid he retained for Britain the title that John Curry had won in 1976. Cousins, a student from Bristol, gave a superb display of free skating at Lake Placid to edge ahead of Jan Hoffmann of East Germany, though Hoffman later turned the tables on Cousins at the World Championships. Cousins came from a sporting family and his father was at one time goalkeeper for Millwall. In 1989 Robin was appointed head of the coaching staff at Ice Castle International, a new advanced training centre in the San Bernadino Mountains of Southern California.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Winter Olympics | Figure Skating (Skating) | GBR |
Robin Cousins | |||
| Singles, Men (Olympic) | 10 | |||||
| 1980 Winter Olympics | Figure Skating (Skating) | GBR |
Robin Cousins | |||
| Singles, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Acted in Movies (The Cutting Edge)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Figure Skating Championships (1–0–3 1977 Helsinki bronze: singles; 1978 Strasbourg bronze: singles; 1979 Zagreb bronze: singles; 1980 Göteborg gold: singles)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Figure Skating Championships (0–2–1 1978 Ottawa bronze: singles; 1979 Wien silver: singles; 1980 Dortmund silver: singles)