Wallace Diestelmeyer
Wallace Distelmeyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Suzanne Morrow and Wally Diestelmeyer in 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1926-07-14)July 14, 1926 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | December 23, 1999(1999-12-23) (aged 73) Oakville, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Toronto Skating Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wallace William "Wally" Diestelmeyer (July 14, 1926 – December 23, 1999) was a Canadian figure skater. He competed in pair skating with Suzanne Morrow. 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 one-handed, with the man holding the woman in position with one hand, at the 1948 Olympic Games.[1]
After retiring from competitions Distelmeyer worked as a skating coach. In 1992 he was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame, together with Morrow.[2]
Results
Men's singles
Event | 1947 | 1948 |
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Winter Olympics | 12th | |
World Championships | 9th | |
North American Championships | 3rd | |
Canadian Championships | 2nd | 1st |
Pairs with Suzanne Morrow
Event | 1947 | 1948 |
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Winter Olympics | 3rd | |
World Championships | 3rd | |
North American Championships | 1st | |
Canadian Championships | 1st | 1st |
with Joyce Perkins
Event | 1946 |
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Canadian Championships | 1st |
with Floraine Ducharme
Event | 1942 |
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Canadian Championships | 2nd |
Ice dance with Suzanne Morrow
Event | 1948 |
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Canadian Championships | 1st |
References
External links
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- 1923: Dorothy Jenkins / A.G. McClennan
- 1925: Theresa Weld / Nathaniel Niles
- 1927: Marion McDougall / Chauncey Bangs
- 1929–1933: Constance Wilson-Samuel / Montgomery Wilson
- 1935: Maribel Vinson / George Hill
- 1937: Veronica Clarke / Ralph McCreath
- 1939: Joan Tozzer / Bernard Fox
- 1941: Eleanor O'Meara / Ralph McCreath
- 1947: Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer
- 1949–1951: Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy
- 1953–1955: Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden
- 1957–1959: Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul
- 1961: Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek
- 1963: Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell
- 1965: Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph
- 1967–1969: Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman
- 1971: JoJo Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley
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