Yvonne Gómez

Yvonne Gómez Muñoz (born December 19, 1966) is a Spanish-American former competitive figure skater who competed internationally for both Spain and the United States. She represented Spain at the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1988 and 1989 World Championships.

Born in San Francisco, California, she was member of the United States International Team (1983-1987), she represented the United States in two World University Games claiming the bronze medal at the 1987 Winter Universiade. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.

Television After retiring from professional skating, Gómez spent the next decade carving out a career in television, sport, and entertainment programming. Mentored by renowned CBS sports director Bob Fishman, Gómez became an Emmy nominated television director of network entertainment television specials and international figure skating competitions (NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, Turner, PBS, Lifetime), World figure skating championships and numerous television specials featuring Olympic figure skaters and musicians such as Seal, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, Josh Groban, Burt Bacharach, Andrea Bocelli, Smokey Robinson, Demi Lovato, Wynona Judd, Gretchen Wilson, Sara Evans, Michael Bolton, Michael McDonald, Bella Thorne, Cody Simpson, Goo Goo Dolls, Backstreet Boys, Chicago, Jonas Brothers, Frankie Vali, Amy Grant, Chris Isaac, Celtic Woman, Earth Wind and Fire, Ashanti, Foreigner, Heart, Train, O.A.R, and Aretha Franklin.

She has earned two Daytime Emmy Directing nominations for Outstanding Directing in a Special Category (2003, 2008).

Mental performance coaching While a television director, Gómez returned to university and obtained a master's degree in Sport Psychology. This was an area of interest from her competitive figure skating days. She worked with Dr. Bruce Ogilvie, one of the pioneers of sports psychology in the United States. She currently works with the University of San Francisco Athletic Department (Men's Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, Cross Country, Track & Field, Golf, Soccer; Women's Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Golf, Cross Country, Track and Field), San Francisco Elite Soccer Academy, Spanish Olympic Figure Skating Federation, University of New Mexico Volleyball, and individual athletes on the Symmetra Golf Tour, European PGA, US International and National Figure Skating Team, Junior National Squash, Formula Russell car racing, Major League Soccer, United Soccer League and a youth athletes in multiple disciplines.

She also provides coaching workshops and executive presentations for national and multinational corporations such as Divon Academy, Make a Wish Foundation, and Accenture.

Figure skating results Event 83–84 84–85 85–86 86–87 87–88 88–89 Olympics 18th Worlds 13th 18th Europeans 10th Danubius Trophy 1st Ennia Challenge 3rd NHK Trophy 5th 4th Universiade 3rd U.S. Championships 2nd J 8th 7th 10th Spanish Championships 1st 1st