The Kennedy Memorial Winter Games were an international multi-sport competition event held in
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303.
The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburg ...
from January 9 to March 15, 1970. The Games were held as a tribute to
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination ...
and his brother
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, ...
. President Kennedy had been an advocate of
physical fitness and in 1963 urged the development of programs to allow American youth to participate in international sports competitions.
["The Kennedy Memorial Winter Games", ''Skating'' magazine, Feb 1970] The program included competition in
figure skating
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 m ...
, bobsled, luge, ski jumping, cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing, and ice hockey.
Games
# 1970 Kennedy Memorial Winter Games
Sports
The program included competition in
figure skating
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 m ...
, bobsled, luge, ski jumping, cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing, and ice hockey.
#
figure skating
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 m ...
# bobsled
#luge
#ski jumping
#cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing
#ice hockey
Figure skating
The figure skating events took place March 13-15, and included competitions in ladies' and men's single skating and pair skating with entrants from 10 countries. This was the first international invitational senior figure skating competition held in the United States, predating the first Skate America competition which was held in 1979.
["The 1970 Kennedy Winter Games", ''Skating'' magazine, Jun 1970]
Men's results
Ladies' results
Pairs results
References
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