Suzanne Morrow
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| Country represented |
 Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
December 14, 1930 Toronto, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 11, 2006 (aged 75) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Suzanne Morrow Francis or Suzanna Morrow-Francis (December 14, 1930 – June 11, 2006) was a Canadian figure skater. She competed in pairs with Wallace Diestelmeyer. The couple won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1948 World Figure Skating Championships. They are credited as being the first pair to perform the death spiral.[1]
Morrow also competed as a singles skater in the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics.[1]
After retiring from competition, Morrow served as a figure skating judge for over fifty years.[2] At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, she took the Judge's Oath, the first woman to do so at the Winter Olympics. In 1992 she was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame, together with Diestelmeyer.[1]
Morrow earned her degree in veterinary medicine in 1952 and worked as a veterinarian until retirement in 1995. During that time, she also served as an All Breed dog show judge as part of the Canadian Kennel Club.[1][2]
Results
Ladies singles
| Event | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
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| Winter Olympics | 14th | 6th | |||||
| World Championships | 13th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | ||
| North American Championships | 2nd | ||||||
| Canadian Championships | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Pairs with Wallace Diestelmeyer
| Event | 1947 | 1948 |
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| Winter Olympics | 3rd | |
| World Championships | 3rd | |
| North American Championships | 1st | |
| Canadian Championships | 1st | 1st |
Ice dance with Wallace Diestelmeyer
| Event | 1948 |
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| Canadian Championships | 1st |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Suzanne Morrow. sports-reference.com
- 1 2 Skate Canada saddened by the loss of Suzanne Francis. skatecanada.ca (June 19, 2006).
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Suzanne Morrow. |
- IOC 1988 Winter Olympics (shown as Suzanna Morrow-Francis)
- Wendl, Karel. "The Olympic Oath - A Brief History" Citius, Altius, Fortius (Journal of Olympic History since 1997). Winter 1995. pp. 4,5.
- databaseOlympics.com: Suzanne Morrow