Michael Slipchuk

{{short description|Canadian figure skater}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Michael Slipchuk |image= |caption= |fullname= |country= Canada |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1966|3|19}} |birth_place= Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |height= |formercoach= |formerchoreographer= |skating club= |retired= 1992 }}

'''Michael Slipchuk''' (born March 19, 1966) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater who currently serves as the High Performance Director of Skate Canada.

As a competitive skater, Slipchuk won the 1992 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and placed 9th at the 1992 Winter Olympics. He competed five times at the World Figure Skating Championships. His highest placement was seventh, in 1991.

Following his competitive career, Slipchuk skated for two seasons on Stars On Ice and later worked as a coach in Calgary. He was named the High Performance Director of Skate Canada on September 21, 2006.<ref name=SC060921/>

==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | International |- ! Event ! {{tooltip|85–86|1985–1986}} ! 86-87 ! 87–88 ! 88–89 ! 89–90 ! 90–91 ! 91–92 |- | align=left | Winter Olympics || || || || || || || 9th |- | align=left | World Champ. || || 20th || || 9th || 11th || 7th || 13th |- | align=left | Skate America || || || || || || || 10th |- | align=left | Skate Canada || || 9th || || || || || |- | align=left | Int. de Paris || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || |- | align=left | Nations Cup || || || || || || || 7th |- | align=left | NHK Trophy || || || || || || 5th || |- | align=left | Goodwill Games || || || || || || 7th || |- | align=left | Schäfer Memorial || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || |- | align=left | St. Gervais || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | National |- | align=left | Canadian Champ. || bgcolor=gold | 1st J || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st |}

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<ref name=SC060921>{{cite news | url = http://skatecanada.ca/en/news_views/press_room/news_releases/2006/sep21.cfm | title = Michael Slipchuk named Skate Canada High Performance Director | publisher = Skate Canada | date = September 21, 2006 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111032/http://skatecanada.ca/en/news_views/press_room/news_releases/2006/sep21.cfm | archivedate = September 29, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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