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Diane Towler
Towler at the Nebelhorn Trophy in 2006Personal information Country represented United Kingdom
Born 16 December 1946
LondonFormer partner Bernard Ford Former coach Gladys Hogg Medal recordFigure skating Ice dancing Competitor for United Kingdom
World Championships Gold 1969 Colorado Springs Ice dancing Gold 1968 Geneva Ice dancing Gold 1967 Vienna Ice dancing Gold 1966 Davos Ice dancing European Championships Gold 1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ice dancing Gold 1968 Västerås Ice dancing Gold 1967 Ljubljana Ice dancing Gold 1966 Bratislava Ice dancing Diane Towler (married Green) (born 16 December 1946 in London, England) is a former British ice dancer and currently a figure skating coach.
She is a four-time World and European Champion in ice dancing with skating-partner Bernard Ford. Their coach was Gladys Hogg. They participated at the introduction of ice dancing at the Olympics in 1968. Ice Dancing has become part of the Winter-Olympics in 1976. Diane and Bernard are also members of the World Figure skating Hall of Fame Colorado Springs. They are mostly well known for their Zobra the Greek programme which helped to improve ice dance. Diane and Bernard also received MBEs for their service to Ice skating
After her amateur career, Diane Towler and Bernard Ford participated in ice shows. After her skating-partner moved to Canada, Towler became a figure skating coach. Among her students are Janet Sawbridge and Peter Dalby (Bronze at the Europeans 1972) and her twins Candice and Phillipa both British Junior ice dance Champions and world competitors. Her Nephew Mark Bosley Junior ice Dance Champion and 5th at junior worlds. Alan Abretti and Liz Coates became World and European competitors.
Results
(with Bernard Ford)
Event 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 World Championships 13th 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st European Championships 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st British Nationals 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st References
- Skatabase: 1960-1969 Worlds: Ice Dancing Results
- Skatabase: 1960-1969 Europeans: Ice Dancing Results
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:- 1946 births
- Living people
- British ice dancers
- British figure skating coaches
- British figure skating biography stubs
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