Todd Sand

Todd Sand (born October 30, 1963) is an American pair skater. With his wife Jenni Meno, he is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-time U.S. national champion (1994–96). With his previous partner Natasha Kuchiki, he is the 1991 World bronze medalist.

Personal life Sand was born in Burbank, California. He has dual American and Danish citizenship, since his father is Danish. They became U.S Champions in 1994, then placed 5th in arguably the strongest pairs field assembled in history in Lillehammer with two clean skates.

In 1995, they won their second consecutive U.S title with perhaps their finest performance ever, gaining 6 perfect 6.0s for artistic impression. They then came from 5th after the short program to win the bronze medal at the 1995 World Figure Skating Championships. In 1996, they won their third consecutive U.S title, and again climbed from 5th to 3rd, and won their second consecutive World bronze medal.

In 1997, they set themselves up as possible contenders for the World title early in the season, beating both the World gold and World silver medallists Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov and Mandy Woetzel / Ingo Steuer in fall competitions. They had also gained the necessary side by side triple toes that had prevented them from a higher finish than 3rd place at the previous two World Championships. They however lost their form and suffered a last place finish at the Champions Series final in Hamilton, Ontario, and lost their U.S title to Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen. With a chance for the World title after major mistakes by the other top teams, they suffered another lacklustre outing and dropped to 5th at the 1997 World Figure Skating Championships.

They missed much of the 1997–1998 competitive season with injury, and had to withdraw from the U.S Championships after the short program, but on their past record were named to the team for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. After a dismal performance in Nagano in finishing 8th, they ended their career on a high on home ice in Minneapolis at the 1998 World Figure Skating Championships, winning the short program, and taking the silver medal, their highest finish ever at Worlds. Following their retirement from competitive skating, they skated professionally in the Stars on Ice tour for six seasons.

Post-skating career Sand appeared in the ITV series Dancing on Ice with double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes. They were eliminated in quarterfinal (Week 6) after the judges' votes to save Bonnie Langford and her partner Matt Evers.

Sand works as a coach with his wife. They previously coached John Baldwin / Rena Inoue, Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker, and Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu. Currently, they coach Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier.

Sand is an ISU Technical Specialist. He was a technical specialist for the men's event at the 2005 World Championships.

Competitive highlights Pairs career for the United States With Jenni Meno International Event 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Olympics 5th 8th Worlds 5th 6th 3rd 3rd 5th 2nd CS Final 4th WD CS Lalique 3rd 3rd 2nd CS NHK Trophy 5th 1st 2nd CS Skate America 2nd Prague Skate 1st National U.S. Champ. 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd WD CS = Champions Series from 1995–1996 (later renamed Grand Prix) WD = Withdrew

With Natasha Kuchiki International Event 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992 Olympics 6th World Championships 11th 3rd 8th Skate America 4th 6th NHK Trophy 5th Skate Canada 5th National U.S. Championships 2nd 1st 3rd

With Lori Blasko International Event 1984-1985 1985–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988 Skate America 6th Prague Skate 1st National U.S. Championships 3rd J 7th 8th

Singles career for Denmark International Event 1981 1982 1983 World Championships 19th 22nd European Championships 19th 19th Nordic Championships 2nd 2nd National Danish Championships 1st 1st