Robin Cousins

Robin Cousins is a British former figure skater who won the men's singles gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He later worked as a skating commentator and choreographer.

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1980 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Lake Placid, New York, in February 1980. Cousins won men's singles gold at these Games.
John Curry: A British figure skater who won Olympic and world men's singles titles in 1976. Curry's earlier Olympic victory established a British men's champion before Cousins.
Figure skating commentary: Spoken analysis of figure-skating performances and competitions for broadcast audiences. Cousins became a familiar commentator after his competitive career.
Amateurism in Olympic sport: The historical principle that Olympic competitors should not receive payment for their sporting performance. Cousins competed as an amateur before pursuing professional skating.
Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics: The figure-skating competitions held at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. This competition records the event in which Cousins became Olympic champion.
Brian Orser: A Canadian figure skater who won the men's silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Orser's later Olympic rivalry with Brian Boitano continued the era Cousins helped define.
Figure skating choreography: The design of movement, steps, and expressive structure in a figure-skating program. Cousins's post-competition work included choreographing skating programs.
Compulsory figures: A figure-skating discipline in which skaters traced prescribed patterns on the ice using precise edges. The discipline formed part of the competitive format Cousins mastered.
1980 World Figure Skating Championships: The 1980 edition of the annual World Figure Skating Championships, held in Dortmund, West Germany. Cousins won the men's title later in his Olympic year.
Brian Boitano: An American figure skater who won Olympic men's singles gold in 1988. Boitano represents the next generation of Olympic men's champions after Cousins.