{{Short description|American politician and figure skater}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Wayne Seybold | image = Dan Burton with Wayne Seybold and Eric Walts.jpg | caption = Seybold with United States Congressman Dan Burton and Eric Walts | office = Mayor of Marion, Indiana | term_start = January 1, 2004 | term_end = December 31, 2015 | predecessor = Bill Henry | successor = Jess Alumbaugh | constituency = | majority = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | constituency2 = | majority2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|9|5|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Orlando, Florida | death_date = | death_place = | party = | relations = | alma_mater = | occupation = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Wayne Seybold''' (born September 5, 1963)<ref name=SR/> is formerly the mayor of Marion, Indiana and a former Olympic pair skater representing the United States.
Competing with his sister Natalie Seybold, he won five senior international medals, became a two-time U.S. national silver medalist, and competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics.<ref name=SR/> The pair grew up in Marion, Indiana and were coached by Ronald Ludington from 1984 in Wilmington, Delaware.<ref name=CT880214/>
After retiring from skating, Seybold returned to Marion, Indiana. Running as a Republican, he was elected mayor in 2003 and won re-election in 2007 and 2011. In 2012, Seybold ran for the 5th District Congressional seat but finished fourth in the Republican primary. In 2014, he ran for Indiana State Treasurer but lost the Republican nomination to director of the TrustINdiana local government investment pool Kelly Mitchell.
==Results== (with Natalie Seybold)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | International |- ! Event ! {{tooltip|82–83|1982–1983}} ! 83–84 ! 84–85 ! 85–86 ! 86–87 ! 87–88 ! 88–89 |- | align=left | Winter Olympics || || || || || || 10th || |- | align=left | World Champ. || || || 9th || 8th || || 10th || 8th |- | align=left | Skate America || 7th || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- | align=left | Skate Canada || || || 4th || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || 4th |- | align=left | International de Paris || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || |- | align=left | NHK Trophy || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || |- | align=left | Nebelhorn Trophy || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | National |- | align=left | U.S. Champ. || 9th || 5th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=d1c571 | 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |}
{{s-start}} {{succession box | title=Mayor of Marion, Indiana | before=Bill Henry| after=Jess Alumbaugh | years=2003-2015}} {{s-end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=CT880214>{{cite news | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/02/14/whole-town-goes-for-the-gold/ | title = Whole Town Goes For The Gold | first = Phil | last = Hersh | work = Chicago Tribune | date = February 14, 1988 }}</ref>
<ref name=SR>{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/wayne-seybold-1.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/wayne-seybold-1.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2020-04-18 | title = Wayne Seybold | publisher = Sports Reference }}</ref>
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