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Courtney Jones Personal information Full name Courtney John Lyndhurst Jones Country represented United Kingdom
Former partner Doreen Denny
June MarkhamMedal recordFigure skating Ice dancing Competitor for United Kingdom
World Championships Gold 1960 Vancouver Ice dancing Gold 1959 Colorado Springs Ice dancing Gold 1958 Paris Ice dancing Gold 1957 Colorado Springs Ice dancing Silver 1956 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ice dancing European Championships Gold 1961 West Berlin Ice dancing Gold 1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ice dancing Gold 1959 Davos Ice dancing Gold 1958 Bratislava Ice dancing Gold 1957 Vienna Ice dancing Silver 1956 Paris Ice dancing Courtney John Lyndhurst Jones OBE (born 30 April 1933) is a former British ice dancer. With partner June Markham, he is the 1957 & 1958 World champion and European champion. With partner Doreen Denny, he is the 1959 & 1960 World champion and 1959-1961 European champion.
Jones and Peri Horne created the Starlight Waltz and the Silver Samba compulsory dances. He was awarded the OBE in 1980 for services to ice skating.[1] He is a member of the International Skating Union Council[2] and is a former president of the National Ice Skating Association.[3] He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1986.
Results
(with June Markham)
Event 1956 1957 1958 World Championships 2nd 1st 1st European Championships 2nd 1st 1st British Championships 1st 1st (with Doreen Denny)
Event 1959 1960 1961 World Championships 1st 1st European Championships 1st 1st 1st British Championships 1st 1st 1st References
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 14 June 1980PDF
- ^ ISU Press Release: Election ResultsPDF
- ^ "NISA History". http://www.iceskating.org.uk/about/history. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships MedalistsPDF
- ISU Official Results: European Figure Skating Championships MedalistsPDF</ref>
European champions in figure skating – Ice dancing 1954–1955: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy • 1956: Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas • 1957–1958: June Markham & Courtney Jones • 1959–1961: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones • 1962: Christiane Guhel & Jean Paul Guhel • 1963: Linda Shearman & Michael Phillips • 1964–1965: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman • 1966–1969: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford • 1970–1971: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov • 1972: Angelika Buck & Erich Buck • 1973–1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov • 1977–1978: Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov • 1979–1980: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponossov • 1981–1982: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1983: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin • 1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1985–1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin • 1989–1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko • 1993: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin • 1994: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1995: Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko • 1996–1998: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov • 1999: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov • 2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat • 2001: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio • 2002: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat • 2003: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh • 2004–2006: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov • 2007: Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder • 2008: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2009: Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski • 2010: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2011: Nathalie Péchalat & Fabian Bourzat
Categories:- British ice dancers
- 1933 births
- Living people
- Figure skating officials
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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