1940 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

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1940 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type: National championships
Date:February 9 – 10
Season:1939-40
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Host:Cleveland Skating Club
Champions
Men's singles:
Eugene Turner (Senior)
&
Bobby Specht (Junior)
Women's singles:
Joan Tozzer (Senior) [1]
&
Ramona Allen (Junior)
Pairs:
Joan Tozzer
and M. Bernard Fox (Senior) [2]
&
Dorothy Glazier
and Stephen Tanner (Junior)
Ice dance:
Sandy MacDonald
and Harold Hartshorne
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The 1940 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from February 9-10 at the Cleveland Skating Club in Cleveland, Ohio. [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 Eugene Turner
Silver medal icon.svg Ollie E. Haupt Jr.
Bronze medal icon.svg Skippy Baxter
4 Arthur R. Vaughn Jr.
5 William J. Nagle

Women's singles

Women's results [4]
RankSkater
Gold medal icon.svg Joan Tozzer
Silver medal icon.svg Heddy Stenuf
Bronze medal icon.svg Jane Vaughn
4 Gretchen Merrill
5Charlotte Walther
6Dorothy Snell

Pairs

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

Ice dance (Gold dance)

Ice dance results [4]
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg
  • Nettie C. Prantel
  • George R. Boltres
Bronze medal icon.svg
  • Vernafay Thysell
  • Paul F. Harrington
4
  • Barbara Ann Gingg
  • J. Drexel Gibbins

Junior results

Men's singles

Men's results [4]
RankSkater
Gold medal icon.svg Bobby Specht
Silver medal icon.svgMurray Galbraith
Bronze medal icon.svg Sheldon Galbraith
4Arthur F. Preusch Jr.
5 Robert Uppgren
6Robert F. Premer

Women's singles

Women's results [4]
RankSkater
Gold medal icon.svgRamona Allen
Silver medal icon.svgBetsy Nichols
Bronze medal icon.svgRoberta Jenks
4Dorothy Glazier
5Barbara Ann Gingg
6Phebe Tucker
7 Yvonne Sherman
8Dorothy B. Lee
9Shirley Bowman
10Joan Mitchell
11 Mary Louise Premer
12Marjory E. Newell
13Gloria Haupt

Pairs

Pairs' results [4]
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg
  • Dorothy Glazier
  • Stephen Tanner
Silver medal icon.svg
  • Nettie C. Prantel
  • George R. Boltres
Bronze medal icon.svg
  • Jean H. Matzke
  • Robert R. Matzke
4
  • Mrs. Howard E. Wilkinson
  • Howard E. Wilkinson
5
  • Joanne Frazier
  • James Greene
6
  • Angeline Knapp
  • J. N. Pike
7
  • Suzanne Uksila
  • Paul Pavliska
8
  • Dorothy Beymer
  • Ralph Beymer

References

  1. "Sensation". Nashua Telegraph . February 12, 1940. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  2. "Trenary retains lead, Yamaguchi closes in". Record-Journal . Associated Press. February 9, 1990. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  3. "More Data on Nationals" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating Magazine Archive. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Reed, Peter (March 1940). "The United States Championships" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 17, no. 3. pp. 5–11. Retrieved March 6, 2025.