Violet Hamilton Cliff (née Supple) (2 November 1916 – 23 March 2003) was a

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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 husband, Leslie Cliff. The couple finished seventh at the

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. That same year, they won the silver medal at the

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and the bronze at the

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. They won another bronze at the 1937 World Championships. She was born in

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Results

(with Cliff)

References

Violet Cliff's profile at Sports Reference.com
1916 births 2003 deaths British female pair skaters English female pair skaters Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Bath, Somerset {{UK-figure-skater-stub