Jean Westwood (figure skater)
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Full name | Jean Thomson Westwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1931[1] Manchester, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 July 2022 (aged 90–91)[2] British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Lawrence Demmy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jean Thomson Westwood (1931 – 26 July 2022) was a British ice dancer. With partner Lawrence Demmy, she was the World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 to 1955[3] (plus the unofficial trial event in 1951), and European Champion in its first two editions in 1954 and 1955.[4] They were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1977.
She later became an elite-level coach in the United States and Canada (she had switched national teams, via a spell as skating director of the Ice Follies touring show, prior to the 1961 Sabena Flight 548 aviation disaster in which several former students and colleagues were killed).[1] She was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame for her coaching services in 1997.[1][better source needed][2][5]
The Scottish long jumper Alix Jamieson (1964 Summer Olympics) was her second cousin.
Results
(with Lawrence Demmy)
Event | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 |
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World Championships | 1st* | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
European Championships | 1st | 1st | |||
British Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- ^ a b c d Interview With Jean Westwood, Skate Guard, 7 February 2015
- ^ a b Skate Canada celebrates Jean Westwood, Skate Canada, August 4, 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022
- ^ "ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009.
- ^ "ISU Official Results: European Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2013.
- ^ Jean Westwood Obituary, British Ice Skating, 30 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022
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- 1952, 53, 54–55: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy
- 1956: Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas
- 1957–58: June Markham & Courtney Jones
- 1959–60: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones
- 1962, 63, 64–65: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman
- 1966, 67, 68–69: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford
- 1970, 71, 72, 73–74: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
- 1975: Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov
- 1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
- 1977: Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov
- 1978–79: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov
- 1980: Krisztina Regőczy & András Sallay
- 1981, 82, 83–84: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean
- 1985, 86, 87–88: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin
- 1989–90: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko
- 1991: Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay
- 1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko
- 1993: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin
- 1994, 95, 96–97: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov
- 1998–99: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov
- 2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat
- 2001: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio
- 2002: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh
- 2003: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz
- 2004–05: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov
- 2006–07: Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski
- 2008: Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder
- 2009: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin
- 2010: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
- 2011: Meryl Davis & Charlie White
- 2012: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
- 2013: Meryl Davis & Charlie White
- 2014: Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte
- 2015–16: Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
- 2017: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
- 2018–19: Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
- 2021: FSR Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov
- 2022: Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
- 2023–24: Madison Chock & Evan Bates
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