- North American Figure Skating Championships
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The North American Figure Skating Championships were a former elite figure skating competition for skaters from the United States and Canada. It was a biennial (every two years) competition held between 1923 and 1971, with locations alternating between the two countries.
Although the event was classified as an "international competition" under International Skating Union rules, it was actually a cooperative venture between the United States Figure Skating Association and the Canadian Figure Skating Association, which both had their roots in a former organization called the Ice Skating Union of America. The latter organization had sponsored competitions open to skaters of both countries as early as 1913.
The competition was discontinued when the Canadian federation abruptly cancelled its participation in the 1973 event, which was to have been held in Rochester, New York. The CFSA cited problems with the judging (which tended to favor the skaters of whichever country had a majority of judges on the panel) and the reluctance of top skaters from both countries to participate in an event immediately before the World Figure Skating Championships. In fact, the CFSA was at that time already planning to hold its own international competition, the first Skate Canada International, in the fall of 1973. This event would be open to skaters from all ISU member countries and use international judges. The USFSA established its own international competition, Skate America, in the fall of 1979.
Contents
Medalists
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice Dance
Ice Dance Medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1947 Ottawa
Lois Waring / Walter Bainbridge
Ann Davies / Carleton Hoffner
Marcella Willis / Frank Davenport
1949 Philadelphia
Lois Waring / Walter Bainbridge
Irene Maguire / Walter Muehlbronner
Ann Davies / Carleton Hoffner
1951 Calgary
Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel
Carol Ann Peters / Daniel Ryan
Pierette Paquin / Donald Tobin
1953 Cleveland
Carol Ann Peters / Daniel Ryan
Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby
Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel
1955 Regina, Saskatchewan
Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel
Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso
Virginia Hoyns / William Kipp
1957 Rochester, New York
Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan
Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso
Sharon McKenzie / Bert Wright
1959 Toronto
Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan
Andree Jacoby / Donald Jacoby
Anne Martin / Edward Collins
1961 Philadelphia
Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan
Dona Lee Carrier / Roger Campbell
Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby
1963 Vancouver
Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby
Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell
Sally Schantz / Stanley Urban
1965 Rochester, New York
Lorna Dyer / John Carrell
Kristin Fortune / Dennis Sveum
Carole Forrest / Kevin Lethbridge
1967 Montreal
Lorna Dyer / John Carrell
Joni Graham / Don Phillips
Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky
1969 Oakland, California
Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie
Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky
Debbie Gerken / Raymond Tiedemann
1971 Peterborough, Ontario
Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky
Anne Millier / Harvey Millier
Mary Karen Campbell / Johnny Johns
Fours
Fours Medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1923 Ottawa
Elizabeth Blair, Florence Wilson, Philip H. Chrysler, C.R. Morphy
? ? 1931 Ottawa
Frances Claudet, Kathleen Lopdell, Melville Rogers, Guy Owen
? ? 1933 New York City
Margaret Davis, Prudence Holbrook, Melville Rogers, Guy Owen
Constance Wilson-Samuel, Elizabeth Fisher, Montgomery Wilson, Hubert Sprott
? 1935 Montreal
Margaret Davis, Prudence Holbrook, Melville Rogers, Guy Owen
? ? 1937 Boston
Margaret Davis, Prudence Holbrook, Melville Rogers, Guy Owen
Naomi Slater, Aidrie Cruikshank, Jack Hose, Donald Cruikshank
? 1939 Toronto
Dorothy Caley, Hazel Caley, Ralph McCreath, Montgomery Wilson
Gillian Watson, Ruth Hall, Sandy McKechnie, Donald Gilchrist
Nettie Prantel, Marjorie Parker, Joseph Savage, George Boltres
1941 Philadelphia
Janette Ahrens, Mary Louise Premer, Robert Uppgren, Lyman Wakefield, Jr.
Therese McCarthy, Virginia Wilson, Donald Gilchrist, Michael Kirby
? 1949 Philadelphia
Janet Gerhauser, Marilyn Thomsen, Marlyn Thomsen, John Nightingale
Mary Kenner, Vera Smith, Peter Dunfield, Peter Firstbrook
? Notes
- Fours competitions were held only in the indicated years.
- The 1943 competition was cancelled due to World War II.
- The 1945 competition included ladies single skating only.
- Ice dance was competed for the first time in 1947.
See also
References
- Benjamin T. Wright, Skating in America. United States Figure Skating Association, 1996.
- List of Canadian medalists
- List of champions
- Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 1
Categories:- Figure skating competitions
- North American Figure Skating Championships
- Recurring sporting events established in 1923
- 1971 disestablishments
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