Duluth, GA
1st Place - Pairs
Sara and Rob
2011 US Adult Nationals
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 III Freestyle and Silver
Pairs
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 and Web Editor. He has also been the Secretary and Treasurer at different times.
Singles:
His current singles coach is Davin Grindstaff. His coach for the
years 1999-2006 was Helen Ross.
His current singles program music is "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers. His previous music was from the movie: Last of the Mohicans. He
premiered it at the 2006 Mountain Cup, in Villard-de-Lans, France.
Before that his singles program's music was 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 is 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! As of November 2007, Sara and Rob are back skating
together. Their first competition was Silver Pairs at Adult Nationals in Lake Placid
in April 2008. Their coach is Tami Mickle, and they
skated for two years to the
main title theme of the movie: Havana. Rob attended the 2005 Oleg Vasiliev Adult Pairs Clinic
with Jenny Baker, the 2008 and 2010 clinics
with Sara and the 2009 clinic with Donna Farver. The Adult Pairs Clinics
are put on annually by Les Ascher in the Chicago area with Oleg the primary
instructor. He is usually assisted by his current elite pairs
team. Sara and Rob are back
from 2011 Adult Nationals in Salt Lake City, UT where they placed 1st in
Silver Pairs. Their program music is a compilation of numbers from Big Bad Voodoo
Daddy. Other
Skating Related Activities:
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:
2011 Mountain Cup
2006 Mountain Cup
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 (still) working on his first Axel and a flying camel spin.
Rob is considered a "pairs wh*re/pairs 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 all-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 all-adult competitions, and at one time was the largest
(other than Adult Nationals).
Villard-de-Lans, France
June 2-4, 2011
2nd/2 - Adult
Silver Pairs (with Sara Panzer)
2nd/3 - Mens Silver III Freeskate
2011 US Adult
Figure Skating Championships
Salt Lake City FSC, Salt Lake City, UT
April 13-16, 2011
1st/3
- Silver Pairs (with Sara Panzer)
2nd/9 - Silver Men
III Freeskate
2010 Peach Classic
Georgia FSC
Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA
September 3-4, 2010
2nd/3 - Silver Pairs (with Sara Panzer)
1st/4 - Gold Team Maneuvers (Team "That's What She Said")
2010
ISU Adult Competition
Oberstdorf, Germany
May 19-22, 2010
1st/3 -
Silver Men III Freeskate
2010 US Adult
Figure Skating Championships
Bloomington FSC, Bloomington, MN
April 13-17, 2010
1st/5 - Silver Men
III Freeskate
3rd/6
- Silver Pairs (with Sara Panzer)
2010 Adult
Midwestern Sectionals
Indiana/WSA FSC, Indianapolis, IN
March 13-14, 2010
1st/5 - Silver Men Freeskate
1st/2 - Silver Pairs
(with Sara Panzer)
2009 Peach Classic
Georgia FSC
Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA
August 28-29, 2009
1st/2 - Silver Men
2nd/2 - Bronze Pairs (with Sara Panzer)
2nd/4 - Gold Team Maneuvers (Team "Couldn't Think of
Anything")
2009 US Adult
Figure Skating Championships
Greater Grand Rapids FSC, Grand Rapids,
MI
April 22-25, 2009
3rd/7 - Silver Men
III Freeskate
5th/5
- Silver Pairs (with Sara Panzer)
2008 Peach Classic
Georgia FSC
Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA
August 30-31, 2008
1st/2 - Bronze Pairs (with Sara Panzer)
2nd/2 - Gold Team Maneuvers (Team Beijing)
2008 US Adult
Figure Skating Championships
Lake Placid FSC, Lake
Placid, NY
April 9-12, 2008
2nd/3 -
Silver Pairs (with Sara Panzer)
5th/10 - Silver Men IV/V Freeskate
2007 Peach Classic
Georgia FSC
Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA
August 29-30, 2007
1st/2 - Silver Men
2007 Vana
Tallin Trophy
Tallinn, Estonia
May 19, 2007
1st/4 -
Silver IV-V Freeskate
Villard-de-Lans, France
May 19-21, 2006
1st/2 - Adult Gold Pairs (with Phyllis
Friello)
3rd/6 - Mens Silver III Freeskate
2006 US
Adult Figure Skating
Dallas FSC
Grapevine/Polar Ice, Grapevine, TX
March 29-April 1, 2006
7th/9 -
Adult Gold Pairs
(with Phyllis Friello)
2005 Halloween Classic
IceWorks SC
IceWorks Sports Complex,
Aston, PA
November 4-5, 2005
1st/6 - Silver Compulsory Moves III & IV
2nd/2 - Silver Pairs (with Jenny Baker)
5th/7 - Silver Compulsory Moves III & IV
6th/7- Silver/Gold Maneuver Team (Southern Comfort)
2005 Peach Classic
Georgia FSC
Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA
September 3-4, 2005
1st/2 - Silver Pairs (with Jenny Baker)
3rd/3 - Gold Team Maneuvers (Duluth Guy and Dolls)
2004 Mountain Cup
Villard-de-Lans, France
May 28-30, 2004
3rd/6 - Mens Silver II Freeskate
2004 Vana
Tallin Trophy
Tallinn, Estonia
May 22, 2004
3rd/3 - Mens Gold Freeskate
2004 US Adult Nationals
SC of Lake Placid
April 14-18, 2004
13th/13 - Adult Silver Men II
2003 Peach Classic
Georgia FSC
August 30-31, 2003
1st - Silver Mens Spins
1st - Silver Mens Freestyle
2002 Peach Classic
Georgia FSC
August 31-September 1, 2002
1st - Bronze Men FS
1st - Silver Men Spins
2002 Mountain Cup
Villard-de-Lans, France
May 15-17, 2002
2nd - Mens II Freeskate
5th - Mens II Interpretive
2002 US Adult Nationals
Ann Arbor FSC, Ann Arbor, MI
April 3-6,2002
7th - Bronze II
8th - Interpretive II - Group A
New Year's Adult Invitational
Washington FSC
Ashburn Ice House, Sterling, VA
January 26-27, 2002
1st - Mens Silver Spins
1st - Mens Bronze Freeskate II & III
2001 Peach Classic
Georgia FSC
Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA
September 1-2, 2001
2nd - Silver Mens Freeskate
3rd - Silver Compulsories
Blades in 'Bama
Birmingham FSC
Pelham, AL
June 22-24, 2001
1st - Bronze Mens Freeskate
1st - Bronze Spins
2nd - Bronze Compulsories
2001
Florida Open
April 25-29, 2001
1st - Bronze Men Freeskate
2000 Peach Classic
Georgia FSC
Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA
September 1-2, 2001
2nd - Bronze Men Freeskate
