Richard Dornbush

Richard Dornbush was born in Corona, California.^[1] He has three older sisters.^[2] He played the violin for six years.^[3] After studying physics at Riverside Community College,^[2] he transferred to the University of California, San Diego and joined Earl Warren College.^[4] As of 2016, he was an undergraduate student in computational physics and intended to pursue a master's degree and a career in finance with a focus on quantitative analysis.^[4]

Richard Dornbush was coached by Tammy Gambill since 1997 at Icetown Riverside in Riverside, California.^[5][6]

During the 2008–09 season, Dornbush won the gold medal at both the 2008 JGP Mexico and the 2008 JGP South Africa.^[7] He qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where he won the bronze medal.

During the 2009–10 season, Dornbush won the gold medal at the 2009 JGP Hungary.^[8] He placed fifth in his other event, the 2009 JGP Germany, but qualified for the 2009–10 JGP Final, where he finished fourth. Dornbush finished eleventh at the 2010 U.S. Nationals.

Dornbush was one of twenty young skaters to receive a scholarship from the Michael Weiss Foundation.^[9]

During the 2010–11 season, Dornbush won the Junior Grand Prix Final. At the 2011 U.S. Nationals, he placed seventh in the short program and first in the free skate to win the silver medal.^[10] He was selected to compete at the 2011 World Championships, where he finished ninth.

Dornbush finished thirteenth at the 2012 U.S. Championships. After Jeremy Abbott withdrew from the 2012 Four Continents Championships, Dornbush was chosen to replace him.^[11]

Dornbush placed sixth at the 2013 U.S. Championships. He was named as an alternate for the 2013 Four Continents Championships and was called up when Adam Rippon withdrew.^[12]

During the 2014–15 season, Dornbush won the gold medal at his ISU Challenger Series assignment, the 2014 Lombardia Trophy.^[13] Turning to the Grand Prix series, he won a bronze medal at the 2014 Cup of China and finished seventh at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard before capping off the season with a tenth place finish at the 2015 U.S. Championships.

During the 2015–16 season, Dornbush trained with both Tammy Gambill in Riverside and Jonathan Cassar at IceTown Carlsbad.^[4] He finished sixth at the 2015 U.S. International Classic, seventh at the 2015 Cup of China, and eighth at the 2015 NHK Trophy. He withdrew from the 2016 U.S. Championships due to a herniated disc in his back.^[14] Dornbush retired from skating in 2018.^[15]