Jean Westwood (figure skater)
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Full name | Jean Westwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1931 (age 90–91)[1] Manchester, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Victoria, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Lawrence Demmy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jean Westwood is a retired British ice dancer. With partner Lawrence Demmy, she was the World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 - 1955,[2] and European Champion in 1954 and 1955.[3] She later became an elite-level skating coach in the United States and Canada.[1]
Results[]
(with Lawrence Demmy)
Event | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 |
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World Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
European Championships | 1st | 1st | ||
British Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References[]
- ^ a b c Interview With Jean Westwood, Skate Guard, 7 February 2015
- ^ "ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-25.
- ^ "ISU Official Results: European Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.
Categories:
- British female ice dancers
- Living people
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- 1931 births
- Sportspeople from Manchester
- English people of Scottish descent
- English emigrants to Canada
- Figure skating coaches
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- English expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- People educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College
- British figure skating biography stubs