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Figure Skating At The 1928 Winter Olympics – Pairs
The pair skating event was held as part of the figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had previously been held at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920 and was also part of the first Winter Games in 1924. The competition was held on Sunday, 19 February 1928. Twenty-six figure skaters from ten nations competed. Results Referee: * M. V. Lundquist Judges: * Heinrich Burger * Sakari Ilmanen * J.G. Künzli * Joel B. Liberman * Walter Muller * Francis Pigueron * Thomas D. Richardson * Josef Slíva * Edouard Delpy References External links Official Olympic Report* {{DEFAULTSORT:Figure Skating At The 1928 Winter Olympics - Pairs Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics 1928 in figure skating 1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Lovett
Kathleen Marion Whyatt, (30 November 1898 – 1969) was an English figure skater. She competed in the mixed pairs event at the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit .... References 1898 births 1969 deaths Date of death missing Sportspeople from Trafford (district) Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics English female pair skaters 20th-century English sportswomen {{UK-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vojtěch Veselý
Vojtěch Veselý (19 April 1885 – 7 December 1971) was a Czech figure skater. He competed in the mixed pairs event at the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ..., along with wife Libuše Veselá. References 1885 births 1971 deaths Sportspeople from Kolín Olympic figure skaters for Czechoslovakia Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics Czech male pair skaters {{CzechRepublic-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libuše Veselá
Libuše Friedrichová-Veselá (3 October 1900 – 12 August 1973) was a Czech figure skater. She competed in the mixed pairs event at the 1928 Winter Olympics, along with husband Vojtěch Veselý Vojtěch Veselý (19 April 1885 – 7 December 1971) was a Czech figure skater. He competed in the mixed pairs event at the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly k .... References External links * 1900 births 1973 deaths Czech female pair skaters Olympic figure skaters for Czechoslovakia Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics People from Hradec Králové District Sportspeople from the Hradec Králové Region {{CzechRepublic-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Barbey
Louis Barbey (10 November 1888 – 28 October 1978)Louis Barbey's obituary was a Swiss . He competed in pairs at the and finished 11th in pairs, together with his wife Elvira Barbey. They won the French Figure Skating Championships
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Elvira Barbey
Elvira Barbey (7 August 1892 – 18 August 1971)Elvira Barbey's obituary was a Swiss . She competed at the and finished 19th in singles and 11th in pairs, together with her husband . She and Louis later won the |
Jack Eastwood
John Coulter Eastwood (March 7, 1908 – March 22, 1995) was a Canadian figure skater. He competed in two events at the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit .... References 1908 births 1995 deaths Figure skaters from Toronto Olympic figure skaters for Canada Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics Canadian male pair skaters 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude Smith
Hedley Maude McDougald (née Smith; 9 May 1905 – 17 November 1996) was a Canadian pairs skater, who was also known as "Jim" or "Jay". Together with Jack Eastwood she placed tenth at the 1928 Winter Olympics and sixth-seventh at the world championships in 1928, 1930 and 1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort .... The pair finished second at the national championships in 1929 and 1933 and third in 1934. Smith was married to the prominent Canadian businessman John A. McDougald. She had a younger sister Cecil, who also competed at the 1928 Olympics. Their mother, Maude Delano-Osborne, won the 1892 Canadian tennis championship.M. Ann Hall (2008) ''Immodest and Sensational: 150 Years of Canadian Women in Sport''. James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Toronto. pp. 33–34. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Niles (figure Skater)
Nathaniel William "Nat" Niles (July 5, 1886 – July 11, 1932) was an American tennis player and figure skater who competed in single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing between 1914 and 1932. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts. Niles won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in men's single skating three times and nine national pair skating titles with his partner Theresa Weld Blanchard. Blanchard and Niles also won a five national titles in ice dancing. Nathaniel W. Niles also excelled at tennis, and was inducted into the New England Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000. While a student at Harvard, he was an NCAA champion for the sport. He competed in 23 successive U.S. National Championships. With Edith Rotch Edith Eliot Rotch (August 11, 1874-December 11, 1969) was an American tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Weld
Theresa ("Tee") Weld Blanchard (August 21, 1893 – March 12, 1978) was an American figure skater who competed in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating. Her pairs partner was Nathaniel Niles. She has been called the "grande dame" of American figure skating. According to figure skating historian James R. Hines, she earned 32 medals in her career, "was a voice of encouragement to several generations of skaters, and was of assistance to many coaches". As a singles skater, she won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships six times and competed three times in the Olympics The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ..., capturing a bronze medal in 1920. She came in first place in women's singles at three of the five regional championships held in the U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Gaste
Emil Paul Ernst Gaste (13 May 1898 – 13 March 1972) was a German figure skater. He competed in the mixed pairs event at the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit .... References 1898 births 1972 deaths Place of death missing Figure skaters from Berlin Olympic figure skaters for Germany Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics German male pair skaters 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
