Career
Oppegard initially paired with Vicki Heasley. He began competing with Watson in 1985. During Watson and Oppegard"s free skate at the 1988 Olympics, a photographer dropped his camera bag onto the ice and an usher walked onto the ice to pick it up while the pair was performing a death spiral on the other side of the rink.
Oppegard later skated with Cindy Landry for a short time.
Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard were inducted into the United States. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004. He coaches at the East West Ice Palace in southern California.
(pairs with Jill Watson).