1. Christopher Nicol Bowman was an American figure skater.
20 Facts About Christopher Bowman
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Christopher Bowman was a two-time World medalist, the 1983 World Junior champion, and a two-time US national champion.
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Christopher Bowman competed in two Olympic Winter Games, placing 7th in 1988 and 4th in 1992.
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In 1983, Bowman won the World Junior Championships and the US national junior title.
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Christopher Bowman withdrew from the 1986 US Championships after finishing second in the short program; he had a separation between his right tibia and fibula.
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In 1988, Christopher Bowman won the bronze medal at the US Championships and was sent to his first Olympics, where he finished 7th.
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Christopher Bowman then placed 5th at the 1988 World Championships.
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Christopher Bowman's left shin was cut in an accident with another skater in December 1988.
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Christopher Bowman won his first senior US national title in 1989.
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Christopher Bowman then won his first World medal, silver, at the 1989 World Championships.
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Christopher Bowman withdrew from the 1990 US Championships but received a berth to the 1990 World Championships where he took the bronze medal.
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Christopher Bowman was sent to his second Olympics and placed 4th.
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In Inside Edge by Christine Brennan, Christopher Bowman admitted to having had a $950 a day cocaine habit during his eligible career, and that he had checked into the Betty Ford Center before the 1988 Olympic Games.
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Christopher Bowman was known as "Bowman the Showman" for his crowd-pleasing performances.
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Christopher Bowman had natural charisma, natural athleticism, he could turn on a crowd in a matter of seconds and he always seemed so relaxed about it.
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Kestnbaum reports that at 1991 Skate America, Christopher Bowman "further breached aesthetic distance" by leaning over the barrier and grabbing the leg of an acquaintance in the first row.
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Christopher Bowman retired from competitive skating after the 1992 World Championships and toured with Ice Capades the following year.
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Christopher Bowman left the tour in 1993 when Dorothy Hamill purchased Ice Capades.
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For some years thereafter, Christopher Bowman worked as a skating coach, first in Massachusetts and then in the Detroit area, where he lived from 1995 until 2007, and as a skating commentator.
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The Los Angeles County Coroner determined that Christopher Bowman died from an accidental drug overdose containing alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs.