Debbi Wilkes

Debbi Wilkes

Wilkes in November 2009
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	December 16, 1946 (1946-12-16) (age 64) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Former partner	Guy Revell
Medal record Competitor for  Canada Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games Bronze 1964 Innsbruck Pairs World Championships Bronze 1964 Dortmund Pairs North American Championships Gold 1963 Vancouver Pairs Bronze 1961 Philadelphia Pairs

Debbi Wilkes (born December 16, 1946 in Toronto) is a Canadian former pair skater. Competing with Guy Revell, she captured two Canadian titles, the 1963 North American Championship, and won the bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Wilkes was 6 years younger than her partner and had not yet started to grow when they were paired.^[1] By 1963, when she was 17 years old, Wilkes was 5'5" and an inch taller than Revell.^[2]

Wilkes and Revell had to withdraw from the 1963 World Figure Skating Championships when Wilkes fell from a lift while posing for press photographs prior to the event. She hit the ice head-first and fractured her skull.^[1]

They split after the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships when Revell turned professional, joining Ice Capades. Wilkes wanted to pursue an education rather than go on tour.^[1]

In 1966, Wilkes and Revell were advised that the second-place pair in Innsbruck, Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, had been disqualified after an International Olympic Committee investigation found they had signed pro contracts before the Winter Games. IOC executive James Worrall presented Wilkes and Revell with the silver medals during the Canadian championships in Peterborough, Ont. Later, Kilius and Baumler were reinstated in the record books, but the medals were never redistributed.^[1]

After her competitive career ended, Wilkes went on to become a television skating analyst. She has also continued her involvement in figure skating as an author, coach and most recently as Skate Canada’s Director of Marketing and Sponsorship.

Results

pairs with Guy Revell

Event	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
Winter Olympic Games						3rd
World Championships		11th		4th		3rd
North American Championships	5th		3rd		1st
Canadian Championships	1st J.	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Debbi Wilkes, Ice Time, ISBN 0-13-185117-9
2. ^ "1963 North American, U.S., and Canadian Champions", Skating magazine, May 1963

Persondata
Name	Wilkes, Debbi
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Date of birth	December 16, 1946
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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