Derrick Delmore

{{short description|American figure skater|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox figure skater | name = Derrick Delmore | image = 2019 Internationaux de France Friday ladies SP group 1 Starr ANDREWS 8D9A6766.jpg | caption = Delmore in 2019 | full_name = | altname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|12|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, U.S. | hometown = | height = {{cvt|1.72|m|order=flip}} | country = {{USA}} | discipline = Men's singles | partner = | coach = | skating club = Washington FSC | retired = | medaltemplates =  {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold|1998 Saint John|Men's singles}} }}

'''Derrick Delmore''' (born December 12, 1978) is an American figure skater. He is the 1998 World Junior champion, the 2000 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, 2000 Karl Schäfer Memorial bronze medalist, and 1999 U.S. National Collegiate champion.

== Personal life == Derrick Delmore was born on December 12, 1978, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. In 1995, he was awarded the Paderewski medal for a decade of playing classical piano at the national level.<ref name=ISU-0405/> He attended Stanford University, graduating in June 2000 with a double major in communications and psychology.<ref name=ISU-0405/> Derrick is married to San Francisco-based physician Dr. Kenneth Leong.

== Career == Delmore started skating when he was eight years old.<ref name=USFS-DD/> He competed in novice pair skating with Alix Clymer in the 1990–91 season and with Crystal Kim in the 1995–96 season. Competing in men's singles, he won the pewter medal (fourth place) on the novice level at the 1992 U.S. Championships and on the junior level at the 1995 U.S. Championships.

During the 1997–98 ISU Junior Series, Delmore won silver in Bulgaria and finished sixth in Hungary. In December 1997, he was awarded gold ahead of Russia's Sergei Davydov and China's Li Yunfei at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

At the 2002 Skate America, Delmore broke one of his blades during a practice session and back-up skates were delivered to him hours before the short program.<ref name=USFS-DD/> He went on to finish 8th at the event. A right hip flexor injury began bothering him in early November 2002 after he fell on a quad attempt at the 2002 Skate Canada International.<ref name=USFS0301/> Due to the injury, he withdrew from the 2003 U.S. Championships after placing 12th in the short program.<ref name=USFS0301/>

Delmore appeared as the male lead in a musical production of ''Cold As Ice'' at the Gateway Playhouse in 2007<ref name=CAI/> in New York. In 2008, he retired from single skating to compete as a pair skater.<ref name=USFS080311/> He and his partner, Kelcie Lee, placed 5th at the junior level at the Sectional Championship; they did not qualify for the 2009 U.S. Championships.

Previously working at the East West Ice Palace in Artesia, California, Delmore currently coaches at The Rinks - Lakewood ICE in Lakewood, California, alongside Ivan Dinev.<ref name=EWIP-coaches/><ref name=lakewood/> His students have included Starr Andrews, Zhu Yi, and Soho Lee.<ref name=starr/><ref name=soho/><ref name=zhuyi/>

== Programs == {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating |- ! 2006–07 <ref name=USFS-DD/> | * Malagueña {{small| by Ernesto Lecuona }} | rowspan=2 | * Harlem to Madagascar |- ! 2005–06 <ref name=USFS-DD/> | * Csárdás |- ! 2004–05 <ref name=ISU-0405/> | * Henry VIII {{small| by Camille Saint-Saëns }} | * España cañí {{small| by Pascual Marquina Narro }} * Concierto de Aranjuez {{small| by Joaquín Rodrigo }} * Malagueña {{small| by Ernesto Lecuona }} |- ! 2003–04 <ref name=USFS-DD/> | * Fever | * Bond, James Bond |- ! 2002–03 <ref name=ISU-0203/> | * Scent of a Woman {{small| by Thomas Newman }} | * West Side Story {{small| by Leonard Bernstein }} |- ! 2001–02 <ref name=ISU-0102/> | * The Mooche {{small| (from The Cotton Club) by Duke Ellington, Irvine Mills }} * Crime Spree {{small| by Danny Elfman, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra }} | * Lawrence of Arabia {{small| by Maurice Jarre, BBC Concert Orchestra }} |- ! 1997–98 | * | * The Untouchables: End Title * Cockeye's Song |}

==Competitive highlights==

===Singles career=== ''GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Series (Junior Grand Prix)''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="17" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International<ref name=ISU-DD/> |- ! Event ! 92–93 ! 93–94 ! 94–95 ! 95–96 ! 96–97 ! 97–98 ! 98–99 ! 99–00 ! 00–01 ! 01–02 ! 02–03 ! 03–04 ! 04–05 ! 05–06 ! 06–07 ! 07–08 |- | align=left | Four Continents || || || || || || || || || || 10th || || || 11th || || || |- | align=left | {{small|GP}} Skate Canada || || || || || || || || || || || 5th || || || || || |- | align=left | {{small|GP}} Skate America || || || || || || || 5th || || || || 8th || || || || || |- | align=left | {{small|GP}} NHK Trophy || || || || || || || 10th || || || || || || || || || |- | align=left | Finlandia Trophy || || || || || || || || 5th || || || || 6th || || || || |- | align=left | Nebelhorn Trophy || || || || || || || 4th || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || 5th || || || 6th || || 7th || 5th |- | align=left | Golden Spin || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 5th || || |- | align=left | Schäfer Memorial || || || || || 11th || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || || || |- ! colspan="17" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International: Junior<ref name=ISU-DD/> |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || || || 10th || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || || || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Hungary || || || || || || 6th || || || || || || || || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Bulgaria || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || || || || || |- | align=left | St. Gervais || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st J. || || || || || || || || || || || |- | align=left | Blue Swords || || || 17th J. || || || || || || || || || || || || || |- ! colspan="17" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | National<ref name=USFS-DD/> |- | align=left | U.S. Champ. || 7th J. || 7th J. || bgcolor=d1c571 | 4th J. || WD || 11th || 5th || 10th || 8th || 10th || 6th || WD || 8th || 7th || 12th || 6th || 15th |- | align=left | U.S. Collegiate || || || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || || || |- | align=left | U.S. Olympic Fest. || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || || || || || || || || || |}

==References== {{Reflist|2|refs=

<ref name=ISU-DD>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00001844.htm |title= Competition Results: Derrick DELMORE |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160313134327/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00001844.htm |archive-date= March 13, 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0102>{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001844.htm |title= Derrick DELMORE: 2001/2002 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20020129115711/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001844.htm |archive-date= January 29, 2002 }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0203>{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001844.htm |title= Derrick DELMORE: 2002/2003 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030628172153/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001844.htm |archive-date= June 28, 2003 }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0405>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001844.htm |title= Derrick DELMORE: 2004/2005 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050404214000/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001844.htm |archive-date= April 4, 2005 }}</ref>

<ref name=USFS-DD>{{cite web |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/derrick_delmore |title= Derrick Delmore |publisher= IceNetwork.com (U.S. Figure Skating) |access-date= 2016-04-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160426144733/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/derrick_delmore |archive-date= 2016-04-26 |url-status= dead }} * {{cite web |url=http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100078&mode=I |title=Earlier version |access-date=2016-04-14 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420162206/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100078&mode=I |archive-date=April 20, 2013 }} * {{cite web |url=http://www.usfigureskating.org/AthleteBio.asp?id=35115 |title=Earlier |access-date=2016-04-14 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506084110/http://www.usfigureskating.org/AthleteBio.asp?id=35115 |archive-date=May 6, 2007 }}</ref>

<ref name=USFS0301>{{cite news |url= http://usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=18632 |title= Derrick Delmore Withdraws After Short Program |publisher= U.S. Figure Skating |date= January 2003 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071124224152/http://usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=18632 |archive-date= November 24, 2007 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name=USFS080311>{{cite news |url= http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=41009 |title= 1998 World Junior Champion Derrick Delmore Retires from Singles Skating |publisher= U.S. Figure Skating |date= March 11, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110603232139/http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=41009 |archive-date= June 3, 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name=EWIP-coaches>{{cite web |url= http://www.eastwesticepalace.com/figure/staff-coaches.html |title=Staff Coaches |publisher= East West Ice Palace |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160414092318/http://www.eastwesticepalace.com/figure/staff-coaches.html |archive-date= April 14, 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref>

<ref name=CAI>{{cite web |url= http://gatewayplayhouse.com/2007/ColdAsIce/coldasice.html |title= Cold as Ice |publisher= Gateway Playhouse |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081012214701/http://gatewayplayhouse.com/2007/ColdAsIce/coldasice.html |archive-date= October 12, 2008 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name=starr>{{cite web |title=Starr Andrews: 2020/21 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00101937.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=17 August 2023 |archive-date=18 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118104458/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00101937.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

<ref name=soho>{{cite web |title=Soho Lee: 2023/24 |url=http://isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113891.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=17 August 2023 |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816040035/http://isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113891.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

<ref name=zhuyi>{{cite web |title=Yi Zhu: 2019/20 |url=http://isuresults.com/bios/isufs00107213.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=17 August 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204123017/http://isuresults.com/bios/isufs00107213.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

<ref name=lakewood>{{cite web |title=Skating Staff Guide |url=http://www.lakewoodice.therinks.com/figure-skating/private-lessons/skating-staff-guide/ |website=Lakewood Ice |access-date=17 August 2023 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531220222/https://lakewoodice.therinks.com/figure-skating/private-lessons/skating-staff-guide/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{ISU figure skater|00001844}} * [http://www.derrickdelmore.com Personal website]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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