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Larry Holliday (born July 5, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American figure skater. He is the six time U.S. Adult Championship Masters Men Champion,〔Ice Network news. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120414&content_id=28690434&vkey=ice_news&tcid=fb_share〕 and he was a member of Team USA in 1990.〔http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090425&content_id=64209&vkey=ice_news〕 == Adult skating career == At the 2002 U.S. Adult National Figure Skating Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he became the first skater to successfully land a triple jump in the Championship Masters event.〔US Figure Skating. http://www.usfsa.org/Magazine.asp?Issue=28360〕〔About Figure Skating http://figureskating.about.com/od/adultfigureskating/p/adultnationals.htm〕 In doing so, he won his first National title,〔U.S. Figure Skating http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_details.asp?id=18155〕 and "earned a place in figure skating history".〔Skating magazine. "A Holliday to Remember". Official publication of U.S. Figure Skating, January 2005, p.46〕 In February 2003 Holliday co-directed the second edition of Ebony On Ice at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, Illinois. Nine time French Champion and five time European Ladies Champion Surya Bonaly was the special guest skater.〔Chicago Defender. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-323510731.html〕〔Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-02-07/entertainment/0302070378_1_ebony-ticketmaster-special-benefit-performance〕 After the show ended, Holliday began intensive training for the 2003 Adult Championships where he won again. His program included two triple jumps.〔U.S. Figure Skating http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_details.asp?id=18265〕〔U.S. Figure Skating http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_related_details.asp?ri=/content/events/200203/adultnats/saturday/champmasters-men.htm〕 At the 2004 U.S. Adult Championships in Lake Placid, New York held at the Herb Brooks Arena, Holliday won his third consecutive title. Skating under the 6.0 system, Holliday received a high technical mark of 5.5 and a high artistic mark of 5.6. He included three triple jumps in his program.〔U.S. Figure Skating News http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_story.asp?id=24490〕〔U.S. Figure Skating http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_details.asp?id=19396〕 Holliday had to watch the 2005 U.S. Adult Championships from the stands with a brace on his right leg.〔Ice Network News http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_story.asp?id=29634〕 One week before the Championships, Holliday broke his leg and was forced to undergo surgery to repair the patellar tendon, missing two years of competition.〔Ice Network news. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090425&content_id=64209&vkey=ice_news〕 Returning to competition Holliday won the silver medal in 2007〔U.S. Figure Skating http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_details.asp?id=34946〕 and the bronze medal in 2008〔Life Skate http://www.lifeskate.com/skate/2008/04/2008-us-adult-1.html〕 at the U.S. Adult Championships. Finally at the 2009 U.S. Adult Championships in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Holliday regained the National title.〔Ice Network News http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090425&content_id=64209&vkey=ice_news〕〔Ice Network http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/58288/results.html〕 At the 2010 U. S. Adult Championships in Bloomington, Minnesota Holliday successfully defended, and captured his fifth title with a score of 49.56. A mere 0.25 separated the top 3 medalists.〔Ice Network News http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100417&content_id=9366960&vkey=ice_news〕〔Ice Network http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2010/65690/results.html〕 On April 14, 2012 at the 2012 U.S. Adult Championships, in Bensenville, Illinois, Holliday won his sixth national title. Skating to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", Holliday had an emotional win and a score of 51.55.〔Ice Network news. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120414&content_id=28690434&vkey=ice_news&tcid=fb_share〕〔Ice Network http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2012/68273/results.html〕 The Championship junior-senior men's event at the 2013 U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships in Scottsdale, Arizona featured a triple jump for the first time in years, with Holliday landing a triple Salchow. Unfortunately mounting mistakes later in the program kept him from defending the title.〔Ice Network News http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130413&content_id=44730656&vkey=ice_news〕 Skating to Casablanca, Holliday won the Open Master Senior Men gold medal at the 2014 U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships with his highest point total to date 56.55.〔Ice Network results. http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2014/2014_us_adult_fs_champs/results.html〕 In the Championship Junior-Senior Men event he won the pewter medal finishing in 4th place, only .11 points from the bronze. The event was held in Hyannis, Massachusetts.〔Ice Network results. http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2014/2014_us_adult_fs_champs/results.html〕 Outskirts Press published "The Larry Holliday Story" in 2008.〔Norma Jean. "''The Larry Holliday Story: Someone you should know''". Outskirts Press, 2008, pages 1-212. ISBN 978-1-4327-4267-6 http://outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?isbn=9781432717988〕 Holliday currently coaches at McFetridge Sports Center in Chicago, Illinois.〔http://mcfetridgesportscenter.com/ice-rink-sports/icestaff/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Larry Holliday」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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