Walter Bainbridge

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Walter Bainbridge
Full nameWalter H. Bainbridge, Jr.
Other namesRed
BornMay 5, 1930
DiedSeptember 22, 2024
Rockford, IL
HometownRockford, IL
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Ice dancing
North American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1949 Philadelphia Ice dancing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1947 Ottawa Ice dancing

Walter ("Red") H. Bainbridge, Jr. was an American figure skater. He began skating in Washington state, when his father, geologist Walter H. Bainbridge, Jr., was posted there between 1938 and 1945. [1] [2] He competed in ice dance with Lois Waring. He was the national champion with Waring in 1947-1949 and North American Champion in 1947 and 1949. [3] He was inducted into the Professional Skaters Association Hall of Fame in 2009. [4]

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Results

(with Waring)

Event1946194719481949
North American Championships 1st1st
U.S. Championships 2nd1st1st1st

Notes

  1. "Profiles in Time - CS &G Biographies: Walter Bainbridge", NOAA History (website) (from The Personnel Panorama, Vol VI, No. 8, 9/1957)
  2. "Sees Ice First Time, Skater Soon Champ", Hartford Courant, 4 Dec 1938, p.D3
  3. "Washington FSC National Hall of Fame"
  4. "PSA HONORS 'BEST OF THE BEST'" by Lynn Rutherford, U.S. Figure Skating Association (website) 8/7/09


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