Career
They placed 8th in pairs and 7th in dance at the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships. They placed 3rd at the United States Championships and 9th at Worlds. They were the first pair team to perform the throw axel, which was invented by their coach Ronald Ludington.
Foreign many years following his own competitive career, Kollen was a coach at the Indiana/World Skating Academy in Indianapolis, Indiana.
He was the inventor of the "K-Pick" -- an innovative skate blade design with the toe pick extended to the side of the blade. Pairs
(with Nelson)
Pairs
(with Gustafson)
Dance
(with Nelson).
