1998 Amsterdam Gay Games: List of Participants (incomplete)

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Disclaimer: The Gay Games include participants of all sexual orientations, including heterosexual. Only skaters whose names appear on the Rainbow Ice élite or adult lists have been confirmed as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or otherwise not heterosexual.

The names of the competitors are: (*skated in the exhibition practice)

Group D men (I don't have all the names of this group):

• Miss Audrey Quest (USA)* guy with the pan!
• Alexander Wahl (CAN)*
• Wade Corbett (USA)* (I think this is that wonderful lyric skater)
• Lawrence Scibilia (USA)*
• Markus Richter (GER)*

Group D Ladies:

• Louise Karch (CAN)*
• Candice Ayler (USA)
• Linda Carney (USA)
• Laura Moore (USA)
• Christa Rypens (USA)* (the beautiful spins)

Group D pair men:

• Michael Mansfield /Kevin Yell (USA)* (the sailors)

Group D pair ladies:

• Laura Moore/Linda Carney (USA)*

Group C men:

• Mark Enos (USA)*
• Axel Bvnick (GER)
• Boise Ding (USA)* (he was wonderful and skated his exhibition to traditional Chinese music, he won the last Games)
• Kyle Mcintyre (USA)
• Phil Pessin (USA)*
• Shay Hamias (ISR)*
• Robert Nelson (USA)
• Adam Beebe (USA)*
• Ron Fremont (CAN)*
• Sean Crowley (USA)*
• Roman Schiess (USA)
• Xavier Fortin (FRA)
• Konstantin Mironov (CAN)* (great program as a sailor)
• Eric Bilardi (USA)
• Antonius van de Weijer (NED)
• Stephane Vachon (CAN)* (fantastic arabian program)
• Ray Belmonte (USA)*
• Jeffrey Nolt (USA)
• Bill Wassmer (USA)
• Jerry Gasperz (NED)* (he had a lot of Dutch fans!)
• Frank Dagostino (USA)
• Onno Meyer (NED)
• Eduardo Carriazo (USA)
• Wolfgang Grampp (GER)
• Jay Kobayashi (USA)
• Richard Sherwin (USA)
• Larry Pagel (USA)
• Michael O Brien (CAN)

Group C ladies:

• Bettina Keil (GER)*
• Lisa Labrecque(USA)*

Group C dance men:

• John Braun/Martin Lieberman*

Group C pair men:

• Konstantin Mironov/Stephane Vachon(CAN)* (fantastic!)

Group B men:

• Michael Orr (USA)*
• Georg Kling (SWI)*
• Thomas Amon (USA)
• Louis Vachon (USA)

Group B ladies: (don't have all the names, I think there were only two women)

• Margo Hopman (NED)*
• Lisa Hall (USA)*

Group A men:

• Thomas Hopman (NED)*
• Jerome Poulin (CAN)*
• Ryan Hunka (USA)
• Robero Moschella (SWI)
• Edward van Campen (USA)*
• Gary Dye (NED)*

Group A pair men:

• Don Corbiell/Angelo Dagostino (USA)* (for me the highlight of the event)