Duluth, GA
1st Place - Bronze Dance
Wendy and Rob
2021 US Adult Nationals
3rd Place - Silver Pairs
Wendy and Rob
2019 US Adult Nationals
2014 Wall Street Journal Article
2nd Place - Silver Men IV
2014 US Adult Nationals
1st Place - Silver Pairs
Sara and Rob
2014 US Adult Nationals
1st Place - Silver Men IV
2013 US Adult Nationals
1st Place - Silver Pairs
Sara and Rob
2013 US Adult Nationals
2012 Skating Magazine article
1st Place - Silver Pairs
Sara and Rob
2011 US Adult Nationals
1st Place - Silver Men III
2010 ISU Adult
1st Place - Silver Men III
2010 US Adult Nationals
3rd Place - Silver Pairs
Sara and Rob
2010 US Adult Nationals
2nd Place - Silver Pairs
Sara and Rob
2008 US Adult Nationals
1st Place! Silver IV-V FS
2007 Vana Tallinn Trophy
Phyllis & Rob
2006 US Adult Nationals
Jenny & Rob in a Death Spiral
2005 Halloween Classic
Silver Pairs
Jenny & Rob in a Stag Lift
2005 Halloween Classic
Silver Pairs
Camel Spin
2005 Halloween Classic
Silver Spins III & IV
Rob, Jenny, & Becca
"Southern Comfort"
2005 Halloween Classic
Silver/Gold Maneuver Team
Larry & Lauren, Les & Ellen,
Jenny & Rob, Marna & Stephen
2005 Peach Classic
Gold and Silver Pairs
Mario Manns, Christophe Lamon,
Rob and Greg Garvin
2004 Mountain Cup
Silver Men II Freeskate
Goodies from my fans!
2004 US Adult Nationals
Jade Kohser and Rob helping
Michelle Kwan
2004 US Figure Skating Championships
Rob, Mario Manns, Thomas Eriksson,
Bradley Erickson
2002 Mountain Cup
Bronze Men II Freeskate
Rob, Dennis Palaganas, Bill Papineau
Peach Classic 2001
Silver Men Freeskate
(Forced to skate up a level, and skated Bronze program)
Rob Lichtefeld, Georgia FSC - Silver IV Freestyle
(again), Silver Pairs and Pre-Silver Dance
Rob maintains this website and is the "President for Life" of the Geriatric
Figure Skating Crew. He also serves on the Board of Directors of
the Georgia Figure Skating Club and is currently its
President, Competition Chair, Sanction Chair and Web Editor. He has also been the Secretary, Treasurer
and Membership Chair at different times.
Singles:
His singles coach for 2017 was Elizabeth Wright-Johnson. His coach for the
years of 2006-2014 was Davin Grindstaff. His coach for the
years 1999-2006 was Helen Ross.
His last singles program music was "Frankenstein" by the Edgar
Winters Group. In the past it has been a mix of instrumental classics - "Pick
up the Pieces", "Green Onions", and the "Theme from
SWAT". Previously he has skated to "Classical Gas" by Mason
Williams, "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers, music
from the movie: Last of the Mohicans and a mix of the Dragnet and Peter Gunn TV themes.
Rob first medalled in freestyle at Adult Nationals in 2009 with a bronze. In
2010, he finally earned a Gold medal (after 12 years,
lots of early mornings and several thousands of dollars). Pairs: He started skating pairs with Sara Panzer,
in October of 2004. They were doing pretty well (when they weren't
banging into each other), but she came up pregnant! She had her
baby (Josephine
Becca) on Nov 2, 2005! He then started skating with Jenny Baker in June of 2005. They
attended an Adult Pairs Clinic
in July taught by Oleg Vassiliev, Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin (all
world champion pairs skaters). Jenny and Rob even got their photo
on the US Figure Skating website. Jenny and Rob competed at the 2005 Peach Classic in
the Silver Pairs event where they placed first. Their program music was Walk
on the Wild Side by Jimmy Smith. They also competed at the Halloween
Classic in Aston, PA, where they placed second (of 2). At that time
Jenny decided that she had to give up skating due to several personal reasons. Rob was contacted by Phyllis
Friello in December of 2005 to see if he would be interested in skating
with her at the 2006
Adult Nationals. They had met at the Pairs Clinic and at the
Halloween Classic. Rob traveled to Baltimore to skate with her in
January to see how the partnership would work. And, they decided to give
it a try. They flew to each other's city, about every other weekend to train
until the event. Her coach was Jeff Nolt, and he choreographed their program to
music from the soundtrack of Henry V. They came in 7th of 9 at US Adult
Nationals in Gold Pairs, and then competed at the 2006 Mountain Cup where they
won the Gold Pairs event! Sara and Rob were back
skating together starting in 2007 through 2017. Their coach was Tami Mickle. Their first competition was Silver Pairs at Adult Nationals in Lake Placid
in April 2008. They won the Silver Pairs event at Adult Nationals
for 4 years (2011-2014). They've skated to a mix of music
from Copacabana, and a mix of "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" with "Time Warp" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Go Daddy Go (a few times), and the main theme from the movie Havana. Rob
skated with Wendy Barnard at the 2019 Adult Nationals They skated to Go Daddy Go (again). Rob attended the 2005 Oleg Vasiliev Adult Pairs Clinic
with Jenny Baker, the 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 clinics
with Sara and the 2009 clinic with Donna Farver. The Adult Pair Clinics
were put on annually by Les Ascher in the Chicago area with Oleg as the primary
instructor. He was usually assisted by his current elite pairs
team. Ice Dance: Rob started taking
ice dance lessons as part of a weekly ice dance session at the Atlanta
IceForum in January of 2018. Several of the higher level dancers took pity on
him and partnered with him to get him competent enough to skate as some Ice
Dance weekends. He also started taking regular lessons with Amy
Kilheffer, and has now passed his Pre-Bronze dances and is working on the
Bronze dances (2 down, 1 to go). In 2020, he competed with Stephanie Hao in Pre- Bronze Dance
at the Adult Eastern Sectional Championships, and had planned on skating at
Adult Nationals, which was unfortunately canceled due to Covid-19. In 2021, he competed with Wendy Barnard in Bronze Dance at Adult Nationals,
where they won the event! He's also skated with her at 2022 Adult
Nationals, the North American ISU Adult event in 2023, and the 2024 AN event. Other
Skating Related Activities:
He has been serving on US Figure Skating's Adult Committee since 2009.
He also served as Venue Manager for the 2004 US Figure Skating Championships in
Atlanta. His duties were to make sure all the rooms were setup and all the behind the scenes operations worked well. He also had security duty in the Skater Entrance/Kiss & Cry area of the competition. Because of this, he was also on TV, in the background, in the
shots of the skater's entrance. You can see one photo of Rob and Michelle Kwan by
clicking here. And, another photo of Rob and Melissa Gregory
here.
Rob has been the focus of, or been quoted in, several newspaper articles:
Rob passed the Adult Silver Freestyle Test
on August 4, 2002. It was not due to his ability to skate on that particular day, but by the grace of some very
patient and generous judging!
You can see his competition results below and videos of his competitions on the Videos
Page
Results:
Summary:
1.S
Level:
P=Preliminary, PB=Pre-Bronze, B=Bronze, PS=Pre-Silver, S=Silver, G=Gold
Details:
He also has other things on the web, you can check them out by
clicking here.
Rob has been skating since January 1997 when he started with an ISI Pre-Alpha
group class. Currently, he is no longer working on his first Axel, but hasn't
given up on a flying camel spin.
Rob is considered a "pairs wh*re/sl*t" in adult figure
skating. That is a pairs guy that has or will skate with several
different partners.
Rob has been either the chair or co-chair of the Peach Classic since 2003. This is an adult skating competition held at his home
rink in Duluth, GA. It is held on or near Labor Day weekend. It is
one of the oldest adult competitions, and at one time was the largest
(other than US Adult Nationals).
Competition
Event
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
US Adult Figure Skating Championships
Pairs
7.G
2.S
5.S
3.S
1.S
1.S
1.S
1.S
3.S
5.S
3.S
Singles
7.B
13.S
5.S
3.S
1.S
2.S
3.S
1.S
2.S
3.S
Partnered Dance
1.B
3.B
2.PS
1.PS
US Adult Sectional Championships
Pairs
1.S
1.S
1.S
2.S
Singles
1.S
2.S
3.S
1.S
Dance
1.PB
1.B
ISU Adult (Germany)
Singles
1.S
ISU Adult (North America)
Dance
1.B
Mountain Cup (France)
Pairs
1.G
2.S
Singles
2.B
3.S
3.S
2.S
Vana Tallin Trophy (Estonia)
Singles
3.G
1.S
Peach Classic
Pairs
1.S
1.B
2.B
2.S
2.G
Singles
2.B
2.S
1.B
3.S
1.S
1.S
1.S
1.S
Solo Dance
1.PB
3.B
2.B
Buckeye
Pairs
1.S
Singles
1.S
2.S
Halloween Classic
Pairs
2.S
New Years Invitational
Singles
1.B
Blades in Bama
Singles
1.B
Florida Open
Singles
1.B
