David Jenkins (figure skater)

David Jenkins ( born June 29, 1936 in Akron, Ohio ) is an American former figure skater, who started in a single run. He is the Olympic champion of 1960 and the world champion from 1957 until 1959.

After his older brother Hayes Alan Jenkins the End of career, he dominated the men's competition in the years 1957 to 1960 and continued the winning streak of the American fort, which had begun by Richard Button 1948 and was continued by his brother in 1953. 1957 and 1958 he was World Champion in front of his compatriot Tim Brown and 1959 before the Canadian Donald Jackson. In 1960 he won at the Olympic Games in Squaw Valley on home soil gold medal and thus also appeared at the Olympic Games succeeded his brother's, who was four years ago has become in Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympic champion. Thus the two brothers together won seven world championships and two Olympic games in a row and are thus the most successful brothers in the history of Eiskunstlaufes.

After his retirement from active competition Jenkins studied medicine and became an internist.

Results

Winter Olympic Games 1955 World Figure Skating Championships 1956 World Figure Skating Championships 1957 World Figure Skating Championships 1958 World Figure Skating Championships 1959 World Figure Skating Championships Single skating List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1954 World Figure Skating Championships U. S. Figure Skating Championships Ulrich Salchow Manfred Schnelldorfer Robin Cousins Alexei Urmanov Evan Lysacek Gilbert Fuchs Henning Grenander Fritz Kachler Felix Kaspar Henry Graham Sharp Hans Gerschwiler Alain Giletti Donald McPherson (figure skater) Alain Calmat Emmerich Danzer Tim Wood (figure skater) Jan Hoffmann Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov Charles Tickner Brian Orser Kurt Browning Elvis Stojko Todd Eldredge Brian Joubert Jeffrey Buttle Daisuke Takahashi Patrick Chan Sherwin Badger Chris Christenson Robin Lee Bradley Lord Monty Hoyt Thomas Litz Scott Allen John Misha Petkevich Kenneth Shelley Terry Kubicka Christopher Bowman Timothy Goebel Johnny Weir Jeremy Abbott Ryan Bradley Max Aaron

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