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Olympic medal record Figure skating Competitor for 
Silver 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Pairs Norris Bowden Personal information Country represented CanadaBorn August 13, 1926
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDied April 9, 1991 (aged 64) Former partner Frances Dafoe Medal recordCompetitor for CanadaPairs' Figure skating Olympic Games Silver 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Pairs World Championships Silver 1956 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs Gold 1955 Vienna Pairs Gold 1954 Oslo Pairs Silver 1953 Davos Pairs North American Championships Gold 1955 Regina Pairs Gold 1953 Cleveland Pairs Robert Norris Bowden (August 13, 1926 – April 9, 1991) was a Canadian figure skater.
Born in Toronto, Bowden won championships in every division of Canadian figure skating. He was national men's champion as a junior and senior (1947), national pairs (junior and senior), dance (1952), waltz, and 10-step champion with Frances Dafoe, and national fours champion.
Bowden and Dafoe captured four Canadian titles (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955) and two world championships (1954, 1955). They won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Norris and his partner were the first pair skaters to do the twist lift, throw jump, ‘leap of faith’ and overhead lasso. It was because of these two that some of the rules in pairs skating were changed.[1]
Outside of skating, Bowden graduated with an MBA and worked in the life insurance industry. He was founding president of the Centennial Nursery School for Retarded Children (now the Centennial Infant and Child Centre) in Toronto.
He has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1955), the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (1958), and the Skate Canada Hall of Fame (1993).
Results
men's singles
Event 1943 1944 1946 1947 Canadian Championships 2nd J. 2nd J. 2nd 1st - J. = Junior level
(pairs with Frances Dafoe)
Event 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Winter Olympic Games 5th 2nd World Championships 4th 2nd 1st 1st 2nd North American Championships 1st 1st Canadian Championships 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st (ice dance with Frances Dafoe)
Event 1950 1951 1952 Canadian Championships 3rd 3rd 1st References
- ^ "Where are they now: Dafoe and Bowden". TSN. http://www2.tsn.ca/lacrosse/story/?id=283838. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
North American champions in figure skating – Pairs 1923: Dorothy Jenkins & A.G. McClennan · 1925: Theresa Weld & Nathaniel Niles · 1927: Marion McDougall & Chauncey Bangs · 1929–33: Constance Wilson-Samuel & Montgomery Wilson · 1935: Maribel Vinson & George Hill · 1937: Veronica Clarke & Ralph McCreath · 1939: Joan Tozzer & Bernard Fox · 1941: Eleanor O'Meara & Ralph McCreath · 1947: Suzanne Morrow & Wallace Diestelmeyer · 1949–51: Karol Kennedy & Peter Kennedy · 1953–55: Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden · 1957–59: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul · 1961: Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek · 1963: Debbi Wilkes & Guy Revell · 1965: Vivian Joseph & Ronald Joseph · 1967–69: Cynthia Kauffman & Ronald Kauffman · 1971: JoJo Starbuck & Kenneth Shelley
Canadian champions in figure skating – Men's singles 1905–06, 1908: Ormond B. Haycock • 1910: Douglas H. Nelles • 1911: Ormond B. Haycock • 1912: Douglas H. Nelles • 1913: Philip Chrysler • 1914, 1920: Norman Scott • 1921–22: Duncan Hodgson • 1923: Melville Rogers • 1924: John Machado • 1925: Melville Rogers • 1929–35: Montgomery Wilson • 1936–37: Osborne Colson • 1938–39: Montgomery Wilson • 1940–41: Ralph McCreath • 1942: Michael Kirby • 1945: Nigel Stephens • 1946: Ralph McCreath • 1947: Norris Bowden • 1948: Wallace Diestelmeyer • 1949–50: Roger Wickson • 1951–53: Peter Firstbrook • 1954–58: Charles Snelling • 1959–62: Donald Jackson • 1963: Donald McPherson • 1964: Charles Snelling • 1965–67: Donald Knight • 1968–69: Jay Humphry • 1970: David McGillivray • 1971–76: Toller Cranston • 1977: Ron Shaver • 1978–80: Brian Pockar • 1981–88: Brian Orser • 1989–91: Kurt Browning • 1992: Michael Slipchuk • 1993: Kurt Browning • 1994: Elvis Stojko • 1995: Sébastien Britten • 1996–2000: Elvis Stojko • 2001: Emanuel Sandhu • 2002: Elvis Stojko • 2003–04: Emanuel Sandhu • 2005–07: Jeffrey Buttle • 2008–11: Patrick Chan
Canadian champions in figure skating – Pairs 1905–06: Katherine Haycock & Ormond Haycock • 1908: Aimee Haycock & Ormond Haycock • 1910–11: Lady Evelyn Grey & Ormond Haycock • 1912: Eleanor Kingsford & Douglas Nelles • 1913: Muriel Burrows & Gordan McLennan • 1914: Norman Scott & Jean Chevalier • 1920: Alden Godwin & Douglas Nelles • 1921: Beatrice McDougall & Allan Howard • 1922: Alden Godwin & A. G. McLennan • 1923: Marjorie Anable & Duncan Hodgson • 1924: Elizabeth Blair & John Machado • 1925: Gladys Rogers & Melville Rogers • 1926: Constance Wilson-Samuel & Errol Morson • 1927–28: Marion McDougall & Chauncey Bangs • 1929–30: Constance Wilson-Samuel & Montgomery Wilson • 1931: Chauncey Bangs & Frances Claudet • 1932–34: Constance Wilson-Samuel & Montgomery Wilson • 1935: Louise Bertram & Stewart Reburn • 1936–38: Veronica Clarke & Ralph McCreath • 1939–40: Norah McCarthy & Ralph McCreath • 1941–42: Eleanor O'Meara & Ralph McCreath • 1945: Olga Bernyk & Alex Fulton • 1946: Joyce Perkins & Wallace Diestelmeyer • 1947: Suzanne Morrow & Wallace Diestelmeyer • 1948: Suzanne Morrow & Wallace Diestelmeyer • 1949–50: Marlene Smith & Donald Gilchrist • 1951: Jane Kirby & Donald Tobiny • 1952–55: Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden • 1956–60: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul • 1961–62: Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek • 1962–64: Debbi Wilkes & Guy Revell • 1965–66: Susan Huehnergard & Paul Huehnergard • 1967–68: Betty McKilligan & John McKilligan • 1969: Anna Forder & Richard Stephens • 1970–74: Sandra Bezic & Val Bezic • 1975–76: Candy Jones & Don Fraser • 1977: Cheri Pinner & Dennis Pinner • 1978: Sherri Baier & Robin Cowan • 1979–83: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini • 1984: Katherina Matousek & Lloyd Eisler • 1985–87: Cynthia Coull & Mark Rowsom • 1988: Christine Hough & Doug Ladret • 1989: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler • 1990: Cindy Landry & Lyndon Johnston • 1991–94: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler • 1995–96: Michelle Menzies & Jean-Michel Bombardier • 1997: Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon & Luc Bradet • 1998–99: Kristy Sargeant & Kris Wirtz • 2000–02: Jamie Salé & David Pelletier • 2003: Jacinthe Larivière & Lenny Faustino • 2004–06: Valérie Marcoux & Craig Buntin • 2007: Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison • 2008: Anabelle Langlois & Cody Hay • 2009–10: Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison • 2011: Kirsten Moore-Towers & Dylan Moscovitch
Canadian champions in figure skating – Ice Dancing 1947: Margaret Roberts & Bruce Hyland • 1948: Suzanne Morrow & Wallace Diestelmeyer • 1949: Joyce Perkins & Bruce Hyland • 1950–51: Pierrette Paquin & Donald Tobin • 1952: Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden • 1953: Frances Abbott & David Ross • 1954: Doreen Leech & Norman Walker • 1955–56: Lindis Johnston & Jeffrey Johnston • 1957–59: Geraldine Fenton & William McLachlan • 1960–62: Virginia Thompson & William McLachlan • 1963–64: Paulette Doan & Kenneth Ormsby • 1965–66: Carole Forrest & Kevin Lethbridge • 1967–68: Joni Graham & Don Phillips • 1969: Donna Taylor & Bruce Lennie • 1970: Mary Church & David Sutton • 1971–72: Louise Lind & Barry Soper • 1973–74: Louise Soper & Barry Soper • 1975–76: Barbara Berezowski & David Porter • 1977: Susan Carscallen & Eric Gillies • 1978–80: Lorna Wighton & John Dowding • 1981: Marie McNeil & Rob McCall • 1982–88: Tracy Wilson & Rob McCall • 1989: Karyn Garossino & Rod Garossino • 1990: Jo-Anne Borlase & Martin Smith • 1991: Michelle McDonald & Martin Smith • 1992: Jacqueline Petr & Mark Janoschak • 1993–99: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz • 2000: Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon • 2001–03: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz • 2004–07: Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon • 2008–10: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir • 2011: Vanessa Crone & Paul Poirier
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