Irene Maguire (November 17, 1929 - April 10, 2016) was an American
figure skater
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
. She competed in
pairs and
ice dance
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
Walter Muehlbronner, whom she married in 1951. They won national silver medals in both pairs and ice dance in 1949 and 1950.
[''Results Book'' Skate Canada]
The two continued skating as professionals, billed as "Walter and Irene" for 7 years, in the
Ice Follies.
["Obituary: Skating club manager, 83", Philadelphia Inquirer, November 19, 200]
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Results
(pairs with Muehlbronner)
(ice dance with Muehlbronner)
Notes
American female ice dancers
American female pair skaters
1929 births
2016 deaths
20th-century American women
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