Lawrence Demmy (1931 – 9 December 2016) was a British

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With partner Jean Westwood, he was the

World Champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

for four consecutive years,

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

to 1955Interview With Jean Westwood
Skate Guard, 7 February 2015 (plus the unofficial trial event in

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

), and European Champion in its first two editions in 1954 and 1955.Mr. Lawrence Demmy MBE

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, N ...

, 14 December 2016 They were inducted into the

World Figure Skating Hall of Fame The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame serves as a repository for the sport of figure skating. The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame is where the greatest names in the history of the sport are honored. It is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, ...

in 1977.

Results

(with Jean Westwood)

References

British male ice dancers 1931 births 2016 deaths World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Date of birth missing Sportspeople from Manchester Jewish British sportspeople 20th-century English Jews English people of Polish-Jewish descent {{UK-figure-skating-bio-stub