- Has appeared in more than 200 TV commercials, and more than 100 print advertisments.
- U.S. National Men's Figure Skating Champion - 1989
- U.S. National Men's Figure Skating Champion - 1992
- World Men's Figure Skating Bronze Medalist - 1990
- World Men's Figure Skating Silver Medalist - 1989
- At the time of his death, was taking medication for a Bi-polar disorder.
- A former child actor (he had appeared on television's Little House on the Prairie), Bowman had moved from Detroit back to Southern California in order to stage a comeback in acting prior to his death.
- Was found dead inside a Budget Inn motel room in Los Angeles. His death was investigated as a possible drug overdose due to prescription medication found at the scene. An autopsy concluded he died from a drug overdose and an enlarged heart (due to weight gain and substance abuse). His blood-alcohol level was 0.12 per cent and toxicology tests also revealed cocaine, Valium and marijuana in his system. He weighed 261 pounds at the time of his death.
- Admitted to having had a $950 a day cocaine habit during his eligible career, and that he had checked into the Betty Ford Center before the 1988 Olympic Games and again after the Albertville Games in 1992. Bowman's acute drug problems were later chronicled in the "Zero Tollerance" by Talley Cranston and by former coach Toller Cranston and "Inside Edge" by Christine Brennan.
- He has been a resident coach at the prestigous Detroit Skating Club since 2002. (November 2003)
- Two-time U.S. figure-skating champion.
- Christopher and Annette have one daughter, Bianca
- Fox Sports commentator and analyst
- Has a daughter with his ex-wife, Annette.
- Has been profiled in People, US, and Rolling Stone magazines
- Host of Fox's Rock 'n Roll Figure Skating Championships with James Brown
- Was featured in the February 12, 1990, issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.
- Christopher's father Nelson Reed Bowman passed away in November of 2008 - just 11 months after his only child.
- Currently coaching at Garden City Figure Skating Club in Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan (2003)
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