Tammy Gambill
Tammy Gambill at the 2016 Four Continents Championship
Occupation	skating coach

Tammy Gambill is an American figure skating coach and former national-level skater. Several of her students have medaled at international competitions and three have competed at the Olympics. She has also won the 2005 USOC Developmental Coach Award.

Early years

Gambill grew up in Sacramento, California. ^[1] She first went ice skating with her Blue Bird troop. Her older sister was a competitive swimmer, but since Gambill didn't have the talent, she convinced her parents to let her take figure skating lessons. ^{[1] [2]} When she was 13, she moved to Los Angeles, to work with a top coach. She lived with a host family and qualified to the U.S. Championships. ^[1]

Coaching career

Gambill began coaching at age 19 in northern California before moving to Redlands, California in the 1990s. ^[1] She began coaching in Icetown in Riverside, California when it opened in 1997. ^[3] In May 2018, she agreed to coach at the World Arena Ice Hall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, beginning on June 25. ^{[4] [5]}

Her current students include:

• Karen Chen ( 2017 U.S. national champion, 2018 Olympian, 2022 Olympic Team event gold medalist) ^[6]
• Yi Christy Leung ( 2019 Chinese national champion) ^[7]
• Audrey Shin ( 2020 Skate America bronze medalist) ^[8]
• Sofia Frank (Two-time Philippine national champion (2023, 2024)) ^[9]
• Clare Seo ( 2022 U.S. junior national champion) ^[10]
• Ji Seo-yeon ^[11]
• Elyce Lin-Gracey ^[12]
• Phattaratida Kaneshige ^[13]
• Amber Glenn ( 2024 U.S. national champion, 2023 U.S. national bronze medalist, 2023 Skate America bronze medalist) ^[14]
• Logan Higase-Chen ( 2024 U.S. junior national champion) ^[15]
• Emilia Murdock ^[16]

Her former students include:

• Lindsay Davis ^[17]
• Amanda Dobbs ^[18]
• Richard Dornbush (2014 Lombardia Trophy champion, 2010–11 JGP Final champion, 2011 U.S. national silver medalist) ^[19]
• Austin Kanallakan ^[20]
• Ellie Kawamura ^[21]
• Leah Keiser ^[22]
• Brendan Kerry ( 2014 Olympian) ^{[1] [23]}
• Vanessa Lam ^[24]
• Amy Lin (Two-time Taiwanese champion (2016, 2017)) ^[25]
• Hannah Miller ^[26]
• Daisuke Murakami ^[27]
• Shotaro Omori ^[28]
• Yaroslav Paniot ^[29]
• Dennis Phan (2004 JGP Final champion and the 2003 U.S. national junior champion) ^[30]
• Tyler Pierce ( 2014 U.S. national junior silver medalist) ^[31]
• Sandra Rucker ^[32]
• Ilana Sherman ^[32]
• Caroline Zhang ^{[33] [34]}
• Camden Pulkinen ^[35]
• Young You ( 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, 4-time South Korean National champion (2015, 2018–20), 2019 Skate Canada bronze medalist, 2020 Youth Olympic champion) ^[36]
• Vincent Zhou ( 2017 World Junior champion, three-time U.S. national silver medalist (2017, 2019, 2021), 2018 Olympian) ^[37]

She has received several awards including:

• 2005 USOC Developmental Coach Award ^{[34] [38]}
• 2005, 2012, 2013 U.S. Figure Skating / PSA Developmental Coach of the Year ^{[2] [39] [40]}
• nominated for 2011 U.S. Figure Skating / PSA Coach of the Year ^[41]

Gambill has also served on several U.S. Figure Skating committees, including Athlete Development Committee, Sports Sciences and Medicine Committee, and Coaches Committee. In 2006, she was chair of the Coaches Committee. She has been on the board of directors for both U.S. Figure Skating and Professional Skaters Association. ^[42]

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