Walter Bainbridge
American figure skater
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Full name | Walter Bainbridge, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||
Other names | Red | |||||||||||||||||
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Walter ("Red") Bainbridge, Jr. was an American figure skater. He began skating in Washington state, when his father, geologist Walter H. Bainbridge, was posted there between 1938 and 1945.[1][2] He competed in ice dance with Lois Waring. He was the national champion with Waring in 1947-1949 and North American Champion in 1947 and 1949.[3] He was inducted into the Professional Skaters Association Hall of Fame in 2009.[4]
Results
(with Waring)
Event | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
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North American Championships | 1st | 1st | ||
U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Notes
- ^ "Profiles in Time - CS &G Biographies: Walter Bainbridge", NOAA History (website) [1] (from The Personnel Panorama, Vol VI, No. 8, 9/1957)
- ^ "Sees Ice First Time, Skater Soon Champ", Hartford Courant, 4 Dec 1938, p.D3 [2]
- ^ "Washington FSC National Hall of Fame"
- ^ "PSA HONORS 'BEST OF THE BEST'" by Lynn Rutherford, U.S. Figure Skating Association (website) 8/7/09 [3]
Navigation
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- 1947–1949: Lois Waring / Red Bainbridge
- 1951: Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel
- 1953: Carol Ann Peters / Daniel Ryan
- 1955: Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel
- 1957–1959: Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan
- 1961: Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan
- 1963: Paulette Doan / Kennth Ormsby
- 1965–1967: Lorna Dyer / John Carrell
- 1969: Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie
- 1971: Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky
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