Karol Kennedy

Karol Estelle Kennedy, married. Kucher ( born February 14, 1932 in Shelton, Washington; † June 25, 2004 in Seattle ) was an American figure skater who started in pair skating.

Along with her brother, Peter, it was from 1948 to 1952 five times in a row U.S. champion in pair skating. Karol and Peter 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 the pairs figure 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.

Results

Pair of running

( with Peter 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 Shelton (Washington) Washington (state) Peter Kennedy (figure skater) 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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