Laurie Jean Hickox (December 6, 1945 – February 15, 1961) was an American

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

who competed with her brother William Hickox. They won the bronze medal at the U.S. Championships, earning them the right to compete a month later at the

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. They also finished sixth at the

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that year. They died along with their teammates on February 15, 1961, when

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crashed near Brussels, Belgium en route to the World Championships. She was 15 years old.

Results

Pairs with Hickox

External links

U.S. Figure Skating biography
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In Memoriam: Laurie Jean Hickox and William Homes Hickox, Olla Podrida (Berkeley High School Yearbook) 1961
American female pair skaters 1961 deaths Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Belgium 1945 births Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1961 20th-century American women 20th-century American people {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub