Roger Turner (figure skater)
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Full name | Roger Felix Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1901-03-03)March 3, 1901 Milton, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | October 29, 1993(1993-10-29) (aged 92) Walpole, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | SC of Boston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roger Felix Turner (March 3, 1901 – October 29, 1993) was an American figure skater.
He was born in Milton, Massachusetts and died in Walpole, Massachusetts.
Turner was the seven time (1928–1934) U.S. National Champion and two time (1930–1931) World silver medalist. He is tied with Dick Button for having the most consecutive wins at the U.S. Championships (men's singles). Turner was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1994. He was a member of the Skating Club of Boston.
At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished tenth in the singles competition. Four years later at the Lake Placid Games he finished sixth in the singles event.
Results
Men's singles
Event | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 10th | 6th | |||||||||
World Championships | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | |||||||
North American Championships | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||||
U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th |
Pairs
(with Polly Blodgett)
Event | 1936 |
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U.S. Championships | 2nd |
References
- Sports-Reference Profile
- "Past U.S. Champions - Senior" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09. (123 KiB)
- Hall of Fame Inductees
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- 1914: Norman M. Scott
- 1918: Nathaniel Niles
- 1920–23: Sherwin Badger
- 1925: Nathaniel Niles
- 1926: Chris Christenson
- 1927: Nathaniel Niles
- 1928–34: Roger Turner
- 1935–39: Robin Lee
- 1940–41: Eugene Turner
- 1942: Bobby Specht
- 1943: Arthur Vaughn Jr.
- 1946–52: Dick Button
- 1953–56: Hayes Alan Jenkins
- 1957–60: David Jenkins
- 1961: Bradley Lord
- 1962: Monty Hoyt
- 1963: Thomas Litz
- 1964: Scott Allen
- 1965: Gary Visconti
- 1966: Scott Allen
- 1967: Gary Visconti
- 1968–70: Tim Wood
- 1971: John Misha Petkevich
- 1972: Kenneth Shelley
- 1973–75: Gordon McKellen
- 1976: Terry Kubicka
- 1977–80: Charlie Tickner
- 1981–84: Scott Hamilton
- 1985–88: Brian Boitano
- 1989: Christopher Bowman
- 1990–91: Todd Eldredge
- 1992: Christopher Bowman
- 1993–94: Scott Davis
- 1995: Todd Eldredge
- 1996: Rudy Galindo
- 1997–98: Todd Eldredge
- 1999–2000: Michael Weiss
- 2001: Timothy Goebel
- 2002: Todd Eldredge
- 2003: Michael Weiss
- 2004–06: Johnny Weir
- 2007–08: Evan Lysacek
- 2009–10: Jeremy Abbott
- 2011: Ryan Bradley
- 2012: Jeremy Abbott
- 2013: Max Aaron
- 2014: Jeremy Abbott
- 2015: Jason Brown
- 2016: Adam Rippon
- 2017–22: Nathan Chen
- 2023–24: Ilia Malinin
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