Short Canadian Figure Skater Biographies

It's the spawning grounds! 8) Skater information that comes my way accumulate here until they reach critical mass and become their own page.

Contains: Brasseur & Eisler / Dafoe & Bowden / Gaylor & Pelletier / Higgins & Rice / Hough & Ladret / The Jelineks / Marchant & Hawse / Menzies & Bombardier / Morrow & Distelmeyer / Sargeant & Wirtz / Underhill & Martini / Wagner & Paul

Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden

National champions from 1952-55 and North American Chamopions from 1953-56. World Pairs champions 1954-55. Norris was Canadian Men's chapion in 1947 and was an ISU judge for many years.

Basic Stats

Birth Date: 12/08/26 (Norris)
Coach: Sheldon Galbraith

Pictures

They were inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.

Allison Gaylor and David Pelletier

They are a pair team being advised (partially coached?) by Lloyd Eisler, and are in the rare number where he is more expressive than she is. 8)

Basic Stats

Allison Gaylor

Birth Date: 1976
Home Town: Stratford, ON

Competative History

Amateur

12th, Nations Cup on Ice '95
15th, Worlds '95 (Birmingham, England, Grb)
2nd, Canadian Nationals '95 (Halifax, NS)

Pictures

Jodeyne Higgins and Sean Rice

Basic Stats

Jodeyne Higgins

Home Town: Oakville, ON

Sean Rice

Home Town: Stratford, ON

Shared Stats

Coach: Kerry Leitch (sp?)

Competative History

Amateur

3rd, Skate Canada International '95 (St. John, NB)
14th, Worlds '95 (Birmingham, England, Grb)
3rd, Canadian Nationals '95 (Halifax, NS)
8th, Nations Cup '94 (Gelsenkirchen, Germany)
10th, Worlds '93 (Prague, Cze)

At Skate America, Oct 1993, Dallas, TX:

This brother-sister pair may have been born in Czechoslovakia, but they are so Canadian that after retiring from skating, Otto later became a high official in our government (Minister of Something-or-Other) for many years.