Bert Wright (figure skater)

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Bert Wright
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Full name Bert Wright
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Partner Sharon McKenzie
Skating club Los Angeles FSC

Bert Wright is an American ice dancer. With partner Sharon McKenzie, he is the 1957 U.S. national champion. [1] They won the bronze medal at the 1957 World Figure Skating Championships. [2]

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Sharon McKenzie is an American ice dancer. With partner Bert Wright, she is the 1957 U.S. national champion. They won the bronze medal at the 1957 World Figure Skating Championships.

U.S. Figure Skating Championships

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals". Medals are awarded in four disciplines: men's (boys') singles, ladies' (girls') singles, pair skating, and ice dancing in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) on five levels, senior, junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile. The event is also used to determine the U.S. teams for the World Championships, World Junior Championships, Four Continents Championships, and Winter Olympics, however, U.S. Figure Skating reserves the right to consider other results.

Results

(with Sharon McKenzie)

Event 1957
World Championships 3rd
North American Championships 3rd
U.S. Championships 1st

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References

  1. ↑ "Past U.S. Champions - Senior" (PDF).[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships - Dance" (PDF).


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