- Donald Adair
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Donald Adair (born 1960) was an American figure skater. He competed in ice dance with partner Renée Roca, and the duo won the gold medal at the 1986 United States Figure Skating Championships.[1] An injury led to Adair's sudden retirement from competitive skating prior to the 1987 World Championships.[2]
Results
(with Renée Roca)
Event 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 World Championships 11th 6th U.S. Championships 4th 2nd 1st 2nd Skate America 1st Skate Canada International 1st NHK Trophy 5th References
- ^ "National Figure Skating Championships Adair and Roca Lead All the Way and Dance to a Title". Los Angeles Times. 8 February 1986. pp. Sports 6. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58496734.html?dids=58496734:58496734&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+08%2C+1986&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=National+Figure+Skating+Championships+Adair+and+Roca+Lead+All+the+Way+and+Dance+to+a+Title&pqatl=google. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "Defector Finds New Life, and New Partner". Los Angeles Times. January 19, 1993. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-19/sports/sp-1563_1_figure-skating-championships/2. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
United States national champions in figure skating – Ice Dancing 1936: Marjorie Parker & Joseph Savage • 1937–38: Nettie Prantell & Harold Hartshorne • 1939–41: Sandy MacDonald & Harold Hartshorne • 1942: Edith Whetstone & A.L. Richards • 1943–44: Marcella May & James Lochead • 1945: Kathe Mehl Williams & Robert Swenning • 1946: Anne Davies & Carleton Hoffner • 1947–49: Lois Waring & Walter Bainbridge • 1950: Lois Waring & Michael McGean • 1951: Carmel Bodel & Edward Bodel • 1952: Lois Waring & Michael McGean • 1953: Carol Ann Peters & Daniel Ryan • 1954–55: Carmel Bodel & Edward Bodel • 1956: Joan Zamboni & Roland Junso • 1957: Sharon McKenzie & Bert Wright • 1958–59: Andree Anderson & Donald Jacoby • 1960: Margie Ackles & Charles Phillips • 1961: Diane Sherbloom & Larry Pierce • 1962: Yvonne Littlefield & Peter Betts • 1963: Sally Schantz & Stanley Urban • 1964: Darleen Streich & Charles Fetter • 1965–66: Kristin Fortune & Dennis Sveum • 1967: Lorna Dyer & John Carrell • 1968–72: Judy Schwomeyer & James Sladky • 1973: Mary Campbell & Johnny Johns • 1974–76: Colleen O'Connor & Jim Millns • 1977: Judi Genovesi & Kent Weigle • 1978–80: Stacey Smith & John Summers • 1981–85: Judy Blumberg & Michael Seibert • 1986: Renée Roca & Donald Adair • 1987–88: Suzanne Semanick & Scott Gregory • 1989–90: Susan Wynne & Joseph Druar • 1991: Elizabeth Punsalan & Jerod Swallow • 1992: April Sargent Thomas & Russ Witherby • 1993: Renée Roca & Gorsha Sur • 1994: Elizabeth Punsalan & Jerod Swallow • 1995: Renée Roca & Gorsha Sur • 1996–98: Elizabeth Punsalan & Jerod Swallow • 1999–2003: Naomi Lang & Peter Tchernyshev • 2004–08: Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto • 2009-11: Meryl Davis & Charlie White
Categories:- 1960 births
- Living people
- American ice dancers
- American figure skating biography stubs
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