Leslie Cliff (figure skater)
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Full name | Leslie Harold Talbot Cliff | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Naas, Ireland | 5 June 1908||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 August 1969 Jersey, Channel Islands | (aged 61)||||||||||||||||||||||
Former partner | Violet Cliff | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Bournemouth | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leslie Howard Talbot Cliff (5 June 1908 – 2 August 1969) was a British pair skater who competed with his wife, Violet Cliff. The couple finished seventh at the 1936 Winter Olympics. That same year, they won the silver medal at the European Figure Skating Championships and the bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships. They won another bronze at the 1937 World Championships.
Results[]
(with Cliff)
Event | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 7th | ||||||
World Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |||
European Championships | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 4th |
References[]
Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1969 deaths
- British male pair skaters
- Olympic figure skaters of Great Britain
- Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- People from Naas
- British figure skating biography stubs