Mary Batdorf Scotvold is an American

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coach, best known for her work with

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medalists

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and

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, whom she co-coached with her husband, Evy Scotvold. She won the novice ladies title at the 1959

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. She later skated with

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and was married to former U.S. pair champion

Ronald Ludington Ronald Ludington (September 4, 1934 – May 14, 2020) was an American figure skating coach and pair skater. With Nancy Rouillard Ludington, he was the 1960 Olympic bronze medalist, 1959 World bronze medalist, and a four-time U.S. national cham ...

, for a time. In the mid-1970s, after separating from Ludington, she began coaching at the Wagon Wheel rink in

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, where her pupils included a young Scott Hamilton. It was there that she teamed up with Evy Scotvold. They coached in

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for a time before relocating to the

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area in 1986. They are now semi-retired and coaching part-time in

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. In addition to Wylie and Kerrigan, the Scotvolds also coached 2000 World Junior champion

Jennifer Kirk Jennifer Anne "Jenny" Kirk (born August 15, 1984) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2000 World Junior champion and the 2002 Four Continents champion. Early life Jennifer Kirk was born in Newton, Massachusetts. Prio ...

. Mary was known primarily as the choreographer on the team rather than as a technical coach. Mary's twin sister Anne Batdorf Militano is also a skating coach and former competitive skater.

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References

* Scott Hamilton, ''Landing It''. . * "Slowing down in southland", ''The Augusta Chronicle'', December 1, 2005. American figure skating coaches Living people Female sports coaches Year of birth missing (living people) American twins {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub