title: Thomas Litz
text: Thomas Litz (born March 14, 1945) is a retired American figure skater. He won the gold medal at the 1963 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed sixth at the 1964 Winter Olympics.  Litz is credited as being the first skater to land the triple toe loop jump, a feat he accomplished at the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships.
  
  Litz had to withdraw from the 1963 World Figure Skating Championships because of a sprained ankle. He coaches figure skating in Lake Placid, New York.
  
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  1945 births
  Living people
  20th-century American people
  21st-century American people
  American male single skaters
  Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
  Olympic figure skaters for the United States