Figure Skating Costume worn by Randy Gardner at the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships
date: label: Date made
content: 1979
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Electric blue, one piece suit with zipper front and long sleeves. There are stirrups at the bottom of each pant leg to hook over foot and put into the ice skate. Rhinestones are sewn onto the shoulders, down the front, and on the sleeve cuffs. This costume was worn by Randy Gardner when he and his partner Tai Babilonia won the gold at the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships. The pair won five U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 1976-1980, and qualified for the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Figure skating
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Randy Gardner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0078.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0078.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0078
objectType: label: Object Name
content: costume
label: Object Name
content: costume, figure skating
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, satin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 57 in x 58 in; x 144.78 cm x 147.32 cm