Hugh Graham (figure skater)
| Hugh Graham | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hugh C. Graham, Jr | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 23, 1933 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | May 30, 2024 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hugh C. Graham, Jr (November 23, 1933 – May 30, 2024)[1] was an American figure skater.
He competed as a singles skater and as a pair skater with his sister, Margaret Anne Graham. After his competitive career ended, he spent from 1986 to 1989 as the President of the United States Figure Skating Association.[2] Graham was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004.[2][3]
Graham graduated Harvard University in 1955,[4] during which he was a member of the Skating Club of Boston,[5] and then he graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1959.[6] He practiced as a pediatrician in Tulsa, Oklahoma for several decades before retiring.[6]
Results
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]| Event | 1955 |
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| World Championships | 10th |
| U.S. Championships | 3rd[7] |
Pairs
[edit](with Margaret Anne Graham)
| Event | 1953 | 1954 |
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| World Championships | 5th | |
| North American Championships | 3rd | |
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 2nd[7] |
References
[edit]- ^ Hugh Graham's obituary
- ^ a b (9 January 2004). Six Individuals Inducted Into U.S. Hall of Fame, U.S. Figure Skating website, Retrieved December 21, 2010
- ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame". www.worldskatingmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "Harvard Olympians". Harvard. Archived from the original on 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "The Skating Club of Boston - Boston, MA". Alignable. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ a b "GRAHAM, HUGH CORNELIUS JR - Licensee Information - Oklahoma Medical Board". www.okmedicalboard.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ a b Berman, Alice. Skater's Edge Sourcebook: Ice Skating Resource Guide, p.121, 125 (2d 1998) (ISBN 978-0964302716)