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Skating club
  
Hershey FSC

Name
  
Thomas Litz


Role
  
Olympic athlete

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Born
  
March 14, 1945 (age 79) (
1945-03-14
)

Country represented
  
United States of America

Thomas Litz (born March 14, 1945) is a retired American figure skater. He won the gold medal at the 1963 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed sixth at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Litz is credited as being the first skater to land the triple toe loop jump, a feat he accomplished at the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships.

Litz had to withdraw from the 1963 World Figure Skating Championships because of a sprained ankle. He coaches figure skating in Lake Placid, New York.

References

Thomas Litz Wikipedia