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1946 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
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1946 US Figure Skating Championships National Championship February 28 March 2 1945-46 Chicago, Illinois Chicago Figure Skating Club Chicago Stadium Richard Button (Senior)Armour Nancy 2003-01-20 Kwan cements superiority with seventh title https://books.google.com/books?id=wQIzAAAAIBAJ&dq=1946+U.S.+Figure+Skating+Championships&pg=PA6&article_id=6675,5089131 The Free Lance-Star 2025-02-25John Lettengarver (Junior) Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill (Senior) 1968-01-22 Fleming Claims 5th Skating Title https://books.google.com/books?id=wnBIAAAAIBAJ&dq=1943+U.S.+Figure+Skating+Championships&pg=PA31&article_id=6998,1741642 St. Petersburg Times Associated Press 2025-02-25Barbara Jones (Junior) Donna Jeanne Pospisil and Jean Pierre Brunet (Senior)Yvonne Sherman and Robert Swenning (Junior) Anne Davies and Carleton Hoffner Jr. (Senior)Vivian H. Queisser and Richard C. Queisser (Junior) 1945 U.S. Championships 1947 U.S. Championships
The 1946 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from February 28-March 2 at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois.https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/article/Skating_194604_02.pdf The United States Championships Gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in four disciplines – men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. Senior Men's singles returned after a two year absence as the skaters returned from WWII.Young William Young Nancy 2010 World War II and the Postwar Years in America Bloomsbury Publishing USA 978-0-313-35653-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=KTHYEAAAQBAJ&dq=1945+U.S.+Figure+Skating+Championships+-wikipedia&pg=PA638
Senior results
Men
Rankhttps://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/article/Skating_194604_03.pdf Judging Incident Name 1 Richard Button 2 James Lochead Jr. 3 John Tuckerman 4 Patrick Kazda
Women
Rank Name 1 Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill 2 Janette Ahrens 3 Madelon Olson 4 Eileen Seigh 5 Roberta Jenks Burns
Pairs
Rank Name 1 Donna Jean Pospisil / Jean Pierre Brunet 2 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 3 Patty Sonnekson / Charles W. Brinkman 4 Beverly Dean Osburn / Patrick Kazda
Ice dancing (Gold dance)
Rank Name 1 Anne Davies / Carleton Hoffner Jr. 2 Lois Waring / Walter H. Bainbridge 3 Carmel Waterbury / Edward Bodel 4 Marcella May Willis / Frank H. Davenport
Junior results
Men
Rank Name 1 John Lettengarver 2 Charles W. Brinkman 3 Robert Swenning 4 Carleton Hoffner Jr.
Women
Rank Name 1 Barbara Jones 2 Yvonne Sherman 3 Shirley Irene Lander 4 Lois Johnson 5 Jane Weiss 6 Joan Swanston 7 Helen Uhl 8 Bonnie Paterson 9 Carole Gregory 10 Barbara Uhl 11 Donna Jeanne Pospisil 12 Slavka Kohout 13 Kay Lindstrom 14 Betty Jane Ricker 15 Carolyn Welch
Pairs
Rank Name 1 Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning 2 Harriet Sutton / John Lettengarver 3 Barbara De Julio / Herman Maricich 4 Anne Davies / Carleton C. Hoffner Jr. 5 Jane Schellentrager / Riki Bliss 6 Joan Erickson / Joan Erickson 7 Marilyn Thomsen / Marlyn Thomsen 8 Nancy Sue Jenkins / Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ice dancing (Silver dance)
Rank Name 1 Vivian H. Queisser / Richard C. Queisser 2 Vera Halliday / E. Tefft Barker 3 Camilfa Cliff / Sidney J. Moore 4 Sidney J. Moore / Donald E. Laws
References
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