Diane Towler

Diane Towler

Towler at the Nebelhorn Trophy in 2006
Personal information
Country represented	United Kingdom
Born	16 December 1946 (1946-12-16) (age 64) London
Former partner	Bernard Ford
Former coach	Gladys Hogg
Medal record Figure 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

Towler and Ford in 1966

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

Persondata
Name	Towler-Green, Diane
Alternative names	Towler Diane
Short description	British ice dancer
Date of birth	December 16th 1946
Place of birth	London, England, United Kingdom
Date of death
Place of death