Richard Guido Inglesi
May 4, 1948-January 3, 1995
Right photo courtesy "Bay Area Reporter"
A successful roller skater, Massachusetts born Ricky Inglesi got his start in ice skating at The Skating Club of Worcester. After moving to California, he made his national debut at the 1965 U.S. Championships in Lake Placid, finishing just off the podium in junior pairs with partner Sharon Bates. At the 1967 U.S. Championships in Omaha, he was the only man - junior or senior - to land two triple jumps. At the 1968 U.S Championships, he won the junior pairs title with Tisha Baird and a silver medal in the junior men's event. He also won the junior men's and pairs titles at the 1968 Eastern Championships. As a professional, he toured with the Ice Follies and Holiday On Ice and coached U.S. Champion Rudy Galindo. He passed away on January 3, 1995 at the age of forty-six.
Ricky's obituary from "Skating" magazine: "Richard Inglesi, 46, died on Jan. 3, 1995, in San Mateo, Calif. after a brief illness. He and his partner Annetta Baird were the 1968 U.S. Junior Pair Champions. After retiring from amateur competition, Inglesi became a professional skater and performed with Shipstad & Johnson's Ice Follies and Holiday on Ice International. He joined the PSGA in 1980 and was PSGA Master rated in Figures and Freestyle and Choreography and Style. For the last 10 years, he coached in the San Francisco Bay area, most recently at the Ice Oasis in Redwood City, Calif. Inglesi was elected the first honorary member of the newly formed Bay Area Coaches Council. He is survived by his mother Martha Inglesi of Fremont, Calif., and his sister Regina Bigley, also of Fremont, Calif.."
*Source for inclusion: "Icebreaker: The Autobiography of Rudy Galindo", Rudy Galindo, Eric Marcus, 1997
