Christopher Bowman
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Christopher Bowman (born March 30, 1967 in Hollywood, CA) is an American figure skater.
Known as "Bowman the Showman", he is a two-time U.S. National Champion. He is also a two-time medalist at the World Figure Skating Championships and competed in two Olympic Games. Before his skating career, he was a child actor. During his career, he was trained by Frank Carroll, Toller Cranston, and John Nicks. In The Inside Edge by Christine Brennan, Bowman admitted to having had a $950-a-day cocaine habit during his eligible career and had checked into the Betty Ford Center before the 1988 Olympic Games.
In childhood, he guest-appeared in couple of episodes of Little House on the Prairie famous tv-series of Michael Landon.
[edit] Competitive highlights
- U.S. Championships - 2nd
- World Championships - 7th
- U.S. Championships - 3rd
- Olympics - 7th
- World Championships - 5th
- U.S. Championships - 1st
- World Championships - 2nd
- World Championships - 3rd
- U.S. Championships - 2nd
- World Championships - 5th
- U.S. Championships - 1st
- Olympics - 4th
- World Championships - 4th
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