Christopher Howarth

{{Short description|British figure skater (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{for|the footballer|Chris Howarth}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Christopher Howarth |image= |caption= |fullname= |altname= |country= {{GBR2}} |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1960|12|25|df=y}} |birth_place= |hometown= |residence= |death_date= |death_place= |height= |coach= |formercoach= |choreographer= |formerchoreographer= |skating club= |retired= }} '''Christopher "Chris" Howarth''' (born 25 December 1960) is a British former competitive figure skater. He is the 1981 British national champion and competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, where he placed 15th.<ref name=SR/>

Howarth is a commentator for British Eurosport, as well as a skating coach and assistant general manager at the Glacier Ice Arena,<ref name=GIA/> in Vernon Hills, Illinois. He has also worked for the Dutch Figure Skating Association.

==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International |- ! Event ! 1978–79 ! 1979–80 ! 1980–81 ! 1981–82 |- | align=left | Winter Olympics || || 15th || || |- | align=left | World Champ. || 20th || || 17th || |- | align=left | European Champ. || 15th || 15th || 11th || |- | align=left | Schäfer Memorial || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || |- | align=left | Skate Canada || || || || 8th |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National |- | align=left | British Champ. || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |}

==References== <references>

<ref name=SR>{{cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/christopher-howarth-1.html |title= Christopher Howarth |publisher= Sports Reference }}</ref>

<ref name=GIA>{{cite web |url= http://www.glacierskate.com/page/show/55704-figure-skating-staff |title= Figure skating staff |website= glacierskate.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160506033859/http://www.glacierskate.com/page/show/55704-figure-skating-staff |archive-date= 6 May 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Howarth, Christopher}} Category:British male single skaters Category:Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain Category:Figure skating commentators Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:People from Vernon Hills, Illinois Category:Sportspeople from Lake County, Illinois