Gary Beacom
| Gary Beacom | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Canada |
| Born |
February 23, 1960 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Retired | 1985 |
Gary Beacom (born February 23, 1960) is a Canadian figure skater, choreographer and author. He is the 1983 and 1984 Canadian silver medalist and finished 11th at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
Beacom began skating at the age of six. In 1983 and 1984, he won the silver medal at the Canadian Championships behind Brian Orser. He finished 11th at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and 10th at the 1984 World Championships. In the latter part of his amateur competitive career, he coached himself while studying full-time for a university degree.
In his professional career, Beacom specialized in unusual moves, notably in his performance to Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man. He won the 1988 World Professional Championships.
As of 2014, Beacom works as a coach, choreographer, and skate sharpener in Victoria, British Columbia.
Beacom graduated from the University of Toronto in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in physics and philosophy. His daughter, Stella, and son, Garrison, were born in the early 2000s.
As a Canadian citizen, Beacom protested against United States income tax, which he did not pay, and was eventually sentenced in 1998 to 21 months in Federal prison. In 2003, he wrote a book about this titled Apology.
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