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Robert Specht (October 22, 1921 – January 11, 1999 in Palm Springs, CA) was an American figure skater who competed in pairs and men's singles. He won the bronze medal in pairs with partner Joan Mitchell at the United States Figure Skating Championships in 1941 and captured the gold in men's singles the following year. After serving in the Air Force during World War II, he skated for many years with the Ice Capades.

Results

(men's singles)

Event	1942
U.S. Championships	1st

(pairs with Mitchell)

Event	1941
U.S. Championships	3rd

"Past U.S. Champions - Senior" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09. (123 KiB)

v t e U.S. figure skating champions (men's singles)
1914: Norman M. Scott 1918: Nathaniel Niles 1920–23: Sherwin Badger 1925: Nathaniel Niles 1926: Chris Christenson 1927: Nathaniel Niles 1928–34: Roger Turner 1935–39: Robin Lee 1940–41: Eugene Turner 1942: Bobby Specht 1943: Arthur Vaughn Jr. 1946–52: Dick Button 1953–56: Hayes Alan Jenkins 1957–60: David Jenkins 1961: Bradley Lord 1962: Monty Hoyt 1963: Thomas Litz 1964: Scott Allen 1965: Gary Visconti 1966: Scott Allen 1967: Gary Visconti 1968–70: Tim Wood 1971: John Misha Petkevich 1972: Kenneth Shelley 1973–75: Gordon McKellen 1976: Terry Kubicka 1977–80: Charlie Tickner 1981–84: Scott Hamilton 1985–88: Brian Boitano 1989: Christopher Bowman 1990–91: Todd Eldredge 1992: Christopher Bowman 1993–94: Scott Davis 1995: Todd Eldredge 1996: Rudy Galindo 1997–98: Todd Eldredge 1999–2000: Michael Weiss 2001: Timothy Goebel 2002: Todd Eldredge 2003: Michael Weiss 2004–06: Johnny Weir 2007–08: Evan Lysacek 2009–10: Jeremy Abbott 2011: Ryan Bradley 2012: Jeremy Abbott 2013: Max Aaron 2014: Jeremy Abbott 2015: Jason Brown 2016: Adam Rippon 2017–22: Nathan Chen 2023–24: Ilia Malinin

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