Timothy Tuttle "Tim" Brown (July 24, 1938 – September 14, 1989)
was an American former
figure skater
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. He won the silver medal at the
U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is ofte ...
four times and twice captured the silver at the
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ...
. He also competed at the
1960 Winter Olympics
The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...
. In 1961, he earned another berth to the World Championships but did not make the trip due to illness, a move that was fortunate for him, as the entire
U.S. Figure Skating
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team was killed en route to the competition when
Sabena Flight 548
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crashed near
Brussels
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.
Brown also competed in
ice dance
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, winning the bronze at the 1958 nationals with partner
Susan Sebo. He died of AIDS in 1989.
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Results
Men's singles
Ice dancing
(with Sebo)
References
1938 births
1989 deaths
AIDS-related deaths in California
American male single skaters
American male ice dancers
Olympic figure skaters for the United States
Figure skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics
World Figure Skating Championships medalists
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