15 Facts About Gary Beacom

Gary Beacom is the 1983 and 1984 Canadian silver medalist and finished 11th at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Gary Beacom expanded the knowledge and art of skating with his epic Creative Figure now called the Beacom Blossom in his honor.

Gary Beacom finished 11th at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and 10th at the 1984 World Championships.

Gary Beacom approached his free skating programs "as an experiment in physical properties" and explored, in his skating, potentials for movements on the ice with figure skates.

Gary Beacom developed unique movements, including different types of changes in weight and reversals than traditional skating movements.

Gary Beacom executed unusual entries into spins and double and triple jumps.

Gary Beacom's programs included a greater variety of jumps with unusual take-offs, which were often intentionally landed on two feet, unique spin positions that demonstrated difficult balance and control, and "complex passages of edge and footwork impossible for anyone else to duplicate".

Ellyn Kestnbaum states that Gary Beacom approached skating as a scientific endeavor and valued "the process of exploration" over the aesthetic value of his skating.

Gary Beacom's skating was epic at the 2016 World Figure Championship on black ice held in Toronto, Ontario.

Gary Beacom became the first Canadian to win the 2016 World Figure Championship title with World Figure Sport.

Gary Beacom expanded the knowledge and art of skating with his unforgettable Creative Figure now called the Beacom Blossom in his honor.

Gary Beacom has performed his program to Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man" more than 300 times all over the world.

Gary Beacom has worked as a choreographer based in Oberstdorf, Germany and Tokyo, Japan.

Gary Beacom wanted to be an ice skater because he thought ice skating would be an interesting sport to try out.

Gary Beacom graduated from the University of Toronto in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in physics and philosophy.