Peter Kennedy (figure skater)

Michael Edward "Peter" Kennedy III ( born September 4, 1927 in Olympia, Washington ) is an American former figure skater, who started the pair of running.

Together with his sister Karol, he was from 1948 to 1952 five times in a row U.S. champion in pair skating. Peter and Karol Kennedy, known as "The Kennedy Kids", took from 1947 to 1952 at the world championships. In the years 1947, 1949, 1951 and 1952 they were runner-up in London in 1950 and world champion. This was the first world title in pair skating for the United States.

The Kennedys run two Olympic Games. 1948 St. Moritz they occupied despite a back injury Karol's sixth place and in Oslo in 1952, they won the silver medal behind Ria and Paul Falk.

After the Kennedys were inferior to the Germans in 1952 during the World Cup as with the Olympics, the frustrated Peter Kennedy attacked a press photographer and was subsequently suspended by the ISU as well as his national association. This ended the career of the Kennedys.

After his skating career, Peter Kennedy tried in skiing. He later became a consultant and representative of ski companies.

Results

Pair of running

( with Karol Kennedy)

Winter Olympic Games 1947 World Figure Skating Championships 1949 World Figure Skating Championships 1950 World Figure Skating Championships 1951 World Figure Skating Championships 1952 World Figure Skating Championships Olympia (Washington) Washington (state) International Skating Union List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1948 World Figure Skating Championships U. S. Figure Skating Championships Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson Karl Mejstrik Ludwig Wrede Pierre Brunet (figure skater) Ernst Baier Micheline Lannoy Ria Baran Jennifer Nicks John Nicks Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt 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 Maribel Vinson Beatrix Loughran Sherwin Badger Yvonne Sherman Nancy Ludington Ronald Ludington Maribel Owen Dudley Richards Vivian Joseph Ronald Joseph Cynthia Kauffman Ronald Kauffman Kenneth Shelley Melissa Militano Mark Militano Randy Gardner (figure skater) Kitty Carruthers Jill Watson Peter Oppegard Kristi Yamaguchi Todd Sand Jenni Meno John Zimmerman (figure skater)

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