Peter Betts is an American former figure skater. Skating with

Yvonne Littlefield Yvonne Littlefield is an American former ice dancer. Skating with Peter Betts, she won the ice dance title at the 1962 United States Figure Skating Championships. She had previously won the Bronze medal at the 1960 U.S. Championships skating ...

, he won the ice dance title at the 1962 United States Figure Skating Championships. Image source
"Peter Betts and Yvonne Littlefield"
Littlefield and Betts were married immediately after the 1963 U.S. Championships, where they won the silver medal. At the

1963 World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The 1963 competitions for men's singles, ladies' single ...

, disaster struck them during the free dance, when screws attaching Betts's skate blade to the boot fell out. They were given permission to restart after making repairs, but the screws again came loose, and they were unable to complete their program. After this season, they retired from competition and took up coaching. One of Betts's first students was

Peggy Fleming Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is an American former figure skater and the only American in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France to bring home a Gold Medal. She is the 1968 Olympic Champion in Ladies' singles and a three-time W ...

, who was training with him when she won her first national title in 1964.Peggy Fleming, ''The Long Program'',

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