{{short description|Canadian figure skater (1959–1992)}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Brian Pockar |image= |caption= |fullname= Brian James Pockar |altname= |country= Canada |formercountry= |birth_date= {{birth date|1959|10|27}} |birth_place= Calgary, Alberta, Canada |hometown= |residence= |death_date= {{death date and age|1992|4|28|1959|10|27}} |death_place= Calgary, Alberta, Canada |height= |formercoach= |formerchoreographer= |skating club= Calgary WC |retired= 1982 |show-medals= yes |medaltemplates= <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates --> {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's Figure skating}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1982 Copenhagen|Men's singles}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1976 Megève|Men's singles}} }}

'''Brian James Pockar''' (October 27, 1959 &ndash; 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.<ref name=SR/> 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.<ref name=NYT921117/> Scott Hamilton outed Pockar as gay in Hamilton's autobiography, ''Landing It''.<ref name=hamilton/>

==Competitive highlights== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | International |- ! Event ! {{tooltip|73–74|1973–1974}} ! 74–75 ! 75–76 ! 76–77 ! 77–78 ! 78–79 ! 79–80 ! 80–81 ! 81–82 |- | align=left | Olympics || || || || || || || 12th || || |- | align=left | Worlds || || || || 14th || 10th || 13th || 9th || 8th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- | align=left | Skate Canada || || || || 11th || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || |- | align=left | Nebelhorn || || || || || 4th || || || || |- | align=left | St. Gervais || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | International: Junior |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | National |- | align=left | Canada || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J || 4th J|| 5th|| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |- | colspan=10 align=center | <small> J = Junior level </small> |}

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<ref name=NYT921117>{{Cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9E0CE0D91630F934A25752C1A964958260 |title=FIGURE SKATING; AIDS Deaths Tear at Figure-Skating World |first=Filip |last=Bondy |periodical=The New York Times |date=November 17, 1992 |accessdate= March 15, 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name=hamilton>{{Cite book |title=Landing It: My Life on and Off the Ice |year=1999 |first1=Scott |last1=Hamilton |first2=Lorenzo |last2=Benet |publisher=Kensington Publishing |isbn=1-57566-466-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/landingitmylifeo00hami }}</ref>

<ref name=SR>{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/brian-pockar-1.html | title = Brian Pockar | publisher = sports-reference.com | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090626063759/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/brian-pockar-1.html | archivedate = 2009-06-26 }}</ref>

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* {{cite web|url=http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-%20Volume1-1896-1973.pdf |title=Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 1 - 1896 - 1973 |publisher=Skate Canada |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122231727/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-%20Volume1-1896-1973.pdf |archivedate=2010-11-22 }} * {{cite web|url=http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf |title=Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 2 - 1974 - current |publisher=Skate Canada |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920093849/http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf |archivedate=2009-09-20 }} * {{cite web|url=http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/championships_results.pdf |title=Canadian National Championships Medallists |publisher=Skate Canada |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920093937/http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/championships_results.pdf |archivedate=2009-09-20 }}

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