David Porter (born July 6, 1949 in

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) is a former

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ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With partner

Barbara Berezowski Barbara Berezowski (born September 5, 1954) is a Canadian former ice dancer. With partner David Porter, she won two gold medals at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics. From 1994 through 2008, she ...

, he won two gold medals at the

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and competed at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

. On October 23, 2008, Porter was inducted into the Scuggog Sports Wall of Fame in

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. Currently, Porter is the president of Port Fire Pyrotechnics and Special Effects and its consumer fireworks subsidiary, Wizard Pyrotechnics.

Competitive highlights

(with Berezowski) 1971 *Junior Canadian Champions - 1st -Winnipeg, Manitoba 1972 *Lake Placid Invitational Championships - 1st -New York, USA 1973 *Canadian Championships - 2nd - Vancouver, British Columbia 1974 *Moscow Invitational Championships - 5th - Moscow, USSR 1975 *Moscow Invitational Championships - 5th - Moscow, USSR 1976 *Prestige Cutlery Awards - 3rd - London, England *Berezowski / Porter became the first ice dancers in the world to become Olympians.

Professional appearances

In 1976, Berezowski / Porter turned professional and toured with Toller Cranston's "The Ice Show" until 1977. Berezowski / Porter appeared on the Canadian program "Stars on Ice" across several episodes from 1976 to 1980; including a performance in the series opener of September 21, 1976. Berezowski / Porter performed with

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from 1978 until 1980.Archival Photo
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References

External links

Wizard Fireworks
1949 births Canadian male ice dancers Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Canada Living people People from Scugog Sportspeople from Clarington 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-figure-skating-bio-stub