The Schneider-Farris Family is truly a skating family!
My late father, Dr. Arthur Schneider, not only loved figure skating, but he believed that passing figure skating tests and working towards becoming a US Figure Skating Gold Medalist was more important than winning competitions. He felt that working towards excellence and achieving a final goal truly meant something.
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| This is a photo of my husband Dan Farris and my father D. Arthur Schneider proudly holding up my book MY SKATING LIFE |
He was very involved not only in my skating, but my three children’s skating.
He was at about every test session being a supportive father and then a supportive skating grandparent.
My son Joel Schneider-Farris’ recent accomplishment of earning the senior free skate test, the gold dance test, and the partnered senior free dance test all in one US Figure Skating calendar year added to the two gold medals he already earned, the senior moves and the senior solo free dance test, so now Joel is a US Figure Skating Quintuple Gold Medalist!
Joel’s sisters have even earned more gold medals.
Annabelle Schneider-Farris is a US Figure Skating Gold Medalist in Moves, Solo Free Dance, Free Skate, Pairs, Gold Dance, Partnered Free Dance, and in International Dance. That is SEVEN gold medals! Annabelle had earned six gold medals under her belt by the time she turned 16 years old and earned the seventh shortly after she turned 19.
Their sister Rebekah Schneider-Farris is a US Figure Skating Sextuple Gold Medalist in Moves, Solo Free Dance, Pairs, Gold Dance, Partnered Free Dance, and in International Dance.
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| Jo Ann Schneider and her ice dance partner Richard Griffin |
And their mom, me, Jo Ann Schneider Farris is a US Figure Skating Double Gold Medalist in Dance and Free Dance.
Add up the numbers and that’s 20 US Figure Skating Gold Medals all earned in one family!
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