Monty Hoyt
Monty Hoyt (* September 13, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, † October 9, 1997 in Phoenix, Arizona) was an American figure skater, who started in a single run.
Hoyt came from a wealthy family from Denver. His father, Palmer was from 1946 to 1970 the editor of The Denver Post and his mother Helen May a society lady, ran on the high-ranking personalities.
After Hoyt 1961 U.S. champion had become in the juniors, he got a ticket for the World Cup 1961 in Prague. However, at the last moment he canceled and so escaped the plane crash of the U.S. team. His coach Edi Scholdan was among the victims. After the death of the best U.S. figure skater Bradley Lord, Gregory Kelley and Douglas Ramsay Hoyt was now the number one and 1962 U.S. champion in the seniors. In his first world championship is he was in 1962 in Prague sixth. It should be his best result. 1963 and 1964 he finished third at the national championships behind Thomas Litz and Scott Allen and finished the World Championships in 1963 and 1964 respectively on the eleventh. In his only Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 1964, he was tenth.
Hoyt died the age of 53 from melanoma.