Marjorie Parker Smith (March 3, 1916 – January 17, 2009) 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 ...

who competed in ice dancing,

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, and fours in the latter part of the 1930s. Nearly fifty years later, she again gained championship status in running the 300-yard and the 600-yard dashes. Parker Smith was a member of the first official United States Ice Dancing Championship team and an inductee in the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame, Class of 2009. She also was on the board of directors of the Society of Old Brooklynites where she was a life member. Parker Smith devoted many hours of volunteer service to NYC-based WABC Radio's 'Call For Action' program. She died at age of 92 on January 17, 2009 at her home in Brooklyn, New York. Parker Smith was inducted into United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame January 23, 2009 in the “Golden” category at the

2009 United States Figure Skating Championships The 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place from January 18 to 25th 2009 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Skaters competed in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – and acro ...

in Cleveland.

Figure skating results

Pairs

(with Howard Meredith)

Ice dance

(with Joseph Savage) (with George Boltres)

Fours

(with

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Joseph Savage Joseph Knebel Savage (May 21, 1879 in New York, New York – March 10, 1956 in Asbury Park, New Jersey) was an American figure skater who competed in pairs and ice dance. Teamed with Edith Secord, he won the bronze medal in pairs at the Unit ...

, and

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)

Other medals

* Gold: 1936 U.S. National Dance Champion * Gold: 1939 Dance Fours (

Skating Club of New York The Skating Club of New York is a figure skating club in New York City. It was founded in 1863 and is the second oldest skating club in the United States. It was one of the founding members of the United States Figure Skating Association. Among t ...

) * Bronze: National Novice Single * Bronze: National Senior Pair

Master track & field - World records

* 1984 600 yard dash (2.23.5 minutes) * 1985 300 yard dash (71.50 seconds)

References

External links

It All Started With a Pair of Borrowed Skates: Park Sloper Marjorie Parker Smith Was a Star on the Ice Five To Be Inducted into U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame U.S. Figure Skating Mourns Passing of Marjorie Parker Smith Parker Smith to be inducted into HOF posthumously. Bright spirit carried winner of first U.S. ice dance title. Hall of Fame skater dies - Marjorie Parker Smith skated on Olympic world stage.Marjorie Parker Smith's obituaryMarjorie Parker Smith's obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parker Smith, Marjorie 1916 births 2009 deaths American ballroom dancers American female ice dancers American female pair skaters Place of birth missing 20th-century American women 21st-century American women