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Robert Norris Bowden (August 13, 1926 – April 9, 1991) was a Canadian figure skater.
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| Country represented |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 13, 1926 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 9, 1991 (aged 64) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Frances Dafoe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bowden won championships in every division of Canadian figure skating. He was national men's champion as a junior and senior (1947), national pairs (junior and senior), dance (1952), waltz, and 10-step champion with Frances Dafoe, and national fours champion.
Bowden and Dafoe captured four Canadian titles (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955) and two world championships (1954, 1955). They won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, where Bowden was Canada's flag bearer in the opening ceremonies. Norris and his partner were the first pair skaters to do the twist lift, throw jump, ‘leap of faith’ and overhead lasso. It was because of these two that some of the rules in pairs skating were changed.[1]
Outside skating, Bowden graduated with an MBA and worked in the life insurance industry. He was founding president of the Centennial Nursery School for Retarded Children (now the Centennial Infant and Child Centre) in Toronto.
He has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1955), the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (1958), and the Skate Canada Hall of Fame (1993).
Results
men's singles
| Event | 1943 | 1944 | 1946 | 1947 |
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| Canadian Championships | 2nd J. | 2nd J. | 2nd | 1st |
- J. = Junior level
(pairs with Frances Dafoe)
| Event | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 5th | 2nd | ||||
| World Championships | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |
| North American Championships | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Canadian Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
(ice dance with Frances Dafoe)
| Event | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
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| Canadian Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 1st |
References
- "Where are they now: Dafoe and Bowden". TSN. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
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[de] Norris Bowden
Robert Norris Bowden (* 13. August 1926 in Toronto; † 9. April 1991 ebenda) war ein kanadischer Eiskunstläufer, der international im Paarlauf startete.- [en] Norris Bowden
[fr] Norris Bowden
Norris Bowden (né le 13 août 1926, décédé le 9 avril 1991) est un patineur artistique canadien.[it] Norris Bowden
Robert Norris Bowden (Toronto, 13 agosto 1926 – 9 aprile 1991) è stato un pattinatore artistico su ghiaccio canadese.[ru] Боуден, Норрис
Норрис Боуден (англ. Norris Bowden; 13 августа 1926, Торонто, Онтарио, Канада — 9 апреля 1991) — канадский фигурист, выступавший в парном катании. В паре с Фрэнсис Дефо — четырёхкратный чемпион Канады (1952-1955), двукратный чемпион мира (1954-1955) и серебряный призёр зимних Олимпийских игр 1956. Н. Боуден также чемпион Канады 1947 в одиночном катании и чемпион Канады в 1952 году в танцах на льду с Ф. Дефо.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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