Norris Bowden

Robert Norris Bowden ( born August 13, 1926 in Toronto, † April 9, 1991 ) was a Canadian figure skater, who started pair skating internationally.

Bowden's skating partner was Frances Dafoe. The pair won from 1952 to 1955 four Canadian titles. From 1952 to 1956 she participated in the World Championships. 1953 and 1956 they were runner-up and 1954 in Oslo and 1955 in Vienna champion. It was the first world championship for Canada in the pairs figure skating. At the Olympic Winter Games 1956 in Cortina d' Ampezzo Bowden and Dafoe won the silver medal. They were subject to scarce and highly controversial Austrians Sissy Schwarz and Kurt Oppelt.

Bowden and Dafoe were the first pair of rotary heave and throw jumps.

In the men's singles Bowden 1947 Canadian champion. In ice dancing, he was Canadian champion in 1952 with Frances Dafoe.

Bowden was the figure skating as a judge. He worked in the life insurance sector. Later he founded a center for disabled children.

Results

Pair of running

( with Frances Dafoe )

Winter Olympic Games 1953 World Figure Skating Championships 1954 World Figure Skating Championships 1955 World Figure Skating Championships 1956 World Figure Skating Championships List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1952 World Figure Skating Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson Karl Mejstrik Ludwig Wrede Pierre Brunet (figure skater) Ernst Baier Micheline Lannoy Peter Kennedy (figure skater) Ria Baran Jennifer Nicks John Nicks Barbara Wagner Maria Jelinek Otto Jelinek Oleg Protopopov Irina Rodnina Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev Irina Vorobieva Tassilo Thierbach Barbara Underhill Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler Ingo Steuer David Pelletier Shen Xue Pang Qing Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy Maxim Trankov Melville Rogers Osborne Colson Charles Snelling (figure skater) Donald McPherson (figure skater) Jay Humphry Toller Cranston Ron Shaver Brian Pockar Brian Orser Kurt Browning Elvis Stojko Emanuel Sandhu Jeffrey Buttle Patrick Chan Suzanne Morrow Debbi Wilkes Guy Revell Sandra Bezic Katherina Matousek Cynthia Coull Mark Rowsom Cindy Landry Lyndon Johnston Bryce Davison Kirsten Moore-Towers Dylan Moscovitch Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford Geraldine Fenton William McLachlan (figure skater) Paulette Doan Kenneth Ormsby Barbara Berezowski Tracy Wilson Robert McCall (figure skater) Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon Tessa Virtue Scott Moir

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