Episode #70: John Misha Petkevich

Episode #70: John Misha Petkevich

Published on Dec 11
1小时21分钟
Manleywoman SkateCast
<p><strong>December 2013</strong><br /> An interview with John Misha Petkevich, the 1971 US National Figure Skating Champion, two-time Olympian, USFS Hall of Fame member, author of two skating books (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Figure-Skating-Championship-Techniques-Illustrated/dp/1568000707/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386731275&sr=1-1&keywords=petkevich">"Figure Skating: Champion Techniques"</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Skaters-Handbook-John-Petkevich/dp/0684180162/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386731275&sr=1-3&keywords=petkevich">"The Skater's Handbook"</a>), and the creator of the fantastic Harvard-run show <a href="http://www.aneveningwithchampions.org/">"An Evening With Champions."</a> He was also a commentator for NBC, CBS and ESPN. And if that wasn't enough, after graduating from Harvard he attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar where he was awarded a Doctorate in Cell Biology, and went on to become a successful investment banker. We discuss his massive jumps, ho...