Brian Pockar | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Brian James Pockar | ||||||||||||
Country represented | Canada | ||||||||||||
Born |
Calgary, Alberta |
October 27, 1959||||||||||||
Died | April 28, 1992 Calgary |
(aged 32)||||||||||||
Skating club | Calgary WC | ||||||||||||
Retired | 1982 | ||||||||||||
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Brian James Pockar (October 27, 1959 – April 28, 1992) was a Canadian figure skater. He was the 1982 World bronze medalist, a three-time Canadian national champion (1978–80), and competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He was born and died in Calgary.
After turning pro, Pockar toured with Stars on Ice and worked as a choreographer. He died of AIDS in 1992.Scott Hamilton outed Pockar as gay in Hamilton's autobiography, Landing It.