1939 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

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1939 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type: National championships
Date:January 19 – 21
Season:1938–39
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Host:St. Paul Figure Skating Club
Champions
Men's singles:
Robin H. Lee (Senior)
&
Arthur R. Vaughn (Junior)
Women's singles:
Joan Tozzer (Senior) [1]
&
Gretchen Merrill (Junior)
Pairs:
Joan Tozzer
and M. Bernard Fox (Senior)
&
Betty Lee Bennett
and John Kinney (Junior)
Ice dance:
Sandy MacDonald
and Harold Hartshorne [2]
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The 1939 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 19-21 at the St. Paul Figure Skating Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. [3] Gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in men's singles and women's singles at the senior, junior, and novice levels, pair skating at the senior and junior levels, and ice dance at the senior level.

Contents

Senior results

Men's singles

Men's results [4]
RankSkater
Gold medal icon.svg Robin H. Lee
Silver medal icon.svg Ollie E. Haupt Jr.
Bronze medal icon.svg Eugene Turner
4 William J. Nagle

Women's singles

Women's results [4]
RankSkater
Gold medal icon.svg Joan Tozzer
Silver medal icon.svg Audrey Peppe
Bronze medal icon.svgCharlotte Walther
4 Jane Vaughn
5 Polly Blodgett

Pairs

Pairs' results [4]
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg
  • Mrs. William Penn-Gaskell Hall
  • William Penn-Gaskell Hall
Bronze medal icon.svg
  • Mrs. William H. Bruns Jr.
  • William H. Bruns Jr.

Ice dance (Gold dance)

Ice dance results [4]
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4
  • Edith Preusch
  • Arthur F. Preusch

Junior results

Men's singles

Men's results [4]
RankSkater
Gold medal icon.svg Arthur R. Vaughn
Silver medal icon.svgArthur Preusch Jr.
Bronze medal icon.svgBud Brennan
4Robert Premer

Women's singles

Women's results [4]
RankSkater
Gold medal icon.svg Gretchen Merrill
Silver medal icon.svgDorothy Snell
Bronze medal icon.svgShirley Bowman
4 Mary Louise Premer
5Phebe Tucker
6Elinor Leeds Weiler
7Dorothy L. Glazier
8Nancy Meyer

Pairs

Pairs' results [4]
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg
  • Betty Lee Bennett
  • John Kinney
Silver medal icon.svg
  • Ruth English
  • Louis Pitts
Bronze medal icon.svg
  • Nettie Prantel
  • George Boltres
4
  • Joane Frazier
  • James Greene
5
  • Dorothy Beymer
  • Ralph Beymer
6
  • Angeline Knapp
  • J. N. Pike
7
  • Enola Schramm
  • Rae Schramm

References

  1. "Sensation". Nashua Telegraph . February 12, 1940. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  2. "Former City Girl, Partner To Appear in Ice Carnival". Edmonton Journal . January 20, 1940. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  3. "1939 Schedule" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating Magazine Archive. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 LaFavor, Audrey; Grant, Henrietta (March 1939). "The United States Championships" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 17, no. 3. pp. 8–15. Retrieved March 6, 2025.