Mark Pepperday

Mark Pepperday
Born	(1961-03-15) 15 March 1961 (age 63)
Figure skating career
Country	United Kingdom
Skating club	no affiliation
Retired	1984
Medal record Representing  Great Britain World Junior Championships 1977 Megève Men

Mark Pepperday (born 15 March 1961)[1] is a British figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1977 World Junior silver medalist. His highest placement at the European Championships was 14th, in 1981,[2] and his highest placement at the World Championships was 20th, in 1983.[3]

Early life

He lived on 15 Mansfield Road in Selston, and attended the Matthew Holland Comprehensive School. His parents were Colin and Marlene.[4] His cousin Michael Aldred, from Derwent Road in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, also ice skated with Catherine Barker in the mid-1980s.[5][6]

Career

After retiring from competition, Pepperday toured with Holiday on Ice for three and a half years and became a skating coach.[1] He has been based at Bülacher Eislaufclub in Bülach, Switzerland.[7] He has coached Sarah Meier,[8] Moris Pfeifhofer,[9] and Myriam Leuenberger,[10] among others.

Mark Pepperday and Anita Pepperday-Siegfried have founded Pepperday's Pro Ice Skating[11] in 2019 and offer ice skating trainings in Bülach, Switzerland[7] and Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Currently he is training at the Eislaufclub, Küsnacht ECK in Küsnacht, Switzerland.

Results

International
Event	76–77	80–81	81–82	82–83	83–84
World Champ.			21st	20th
European Champ.		14th	16th	15th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ.	2nd
National
British Champ.			1st	1st	1st

References

1. "Mark Pepperday". Bülacher Eislaufclub (in German). Archived from the original on 4 July 2004.
2. Skatabase:1980s Europeans Archived 2007-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
3. Skatabase: 1980s Worlds Archived 2007-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
4. Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 15 January 1977, page 7
5. Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 17 January 1990, page 14
6. Nottingham Evening Post Thursday 8 February 1990, page 1
7. "Haupt - trainerinnen und Haupt - trainer". Bülacher Eislaufclub (in German). Archived from the original on 5 December 2018.
8. "ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2010: Media Guide" (PDF). International Skating Union. p. 115. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2018.
9. "Moris PFEIFHOFER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
10. "Myriam LEUENBERGER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
11. Pepperday's Pro Ice Skating Professional Ice Skating School in Bülach and Dielsdorf