Lawrence Demmy
Appearance
Lawrence Demmy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lawrence Demmy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lawrence Dembovsky 1931 Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 December 2016 (aged 84–85) Kingston upon Hull, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Jean Westwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lawrence Demmy (1931 – 9 December 2016) was an English ice dancer. With partner Jean Westwood, he was the World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 to 1955[1][2][3] (plus the unofficial trial event in 1951), and European Champion in its first two editions in 1954 and 1955.[4][5][6]
They were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1977.
Results
[edit](with Jean Westwood)
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
[edit]- ^ "ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009.
- ^ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History (page 60); Bob Wechsler; KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 2008; ISBN 9780881259698
- ^ Interview With Jean Westwood, Skate Guard, 7 February 2015
- ^ "ISU Official Results: European Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2013.
- ^ Selina. "Death of Lawrence Demmy - ISU". www.isu.org. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ Mr. Lawrence Demmy MBE, International Skating Union, 14 December 2016
Categories:
- British male ice dancers
- 1931 births
- 2016 deaths
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Manchester
- Jewish English sportspeople
- 20th-century English Jews
- English people of Polish-Jewish descent
- English male ice dancers
- British figure skating biography stubs