Hugh Graham (figure skater)

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Hugh Graham
Full nameHugh C. Graham, Jr
HometownTulsa, Oklahoma
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States
Medal record
Representing United States
Pairs' Figure skating
North American Championships
Silver medal – second place 1953 Cleveland Pairs

Hugh C. Graham, Jr is 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.[1] Graham was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004.[1][2]

Graham graduated Harvard University in 1955,[3] during which he was a member of the Skating Club of Boston,[4] and then he graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1959.[5] He practiced as a pediatrician in Tulsa, Oklahoma for several decades before retiring.[5]

Results[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Event 1955
World Championships 10th
U.S. Championships 3rd[6]

Pairs[edit]

(with Margaret Anne Graham)

Event 1953 1954
World Championships 5th
North American Championships 3rd
U.S. Championships 2nd 2nd[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b (9 January 2004). Six Individuals Inducted Into U.S. Hall of Fame, U.S. Figure Skating website, Retrieved December 21, 2010
  2. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame". www.worldskatingmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. ^ "Harvard Olympians". Harvard. Archived from the original on 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  4. ^ "The Skating Club of Boston - Boston, MA". Alignable. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  5. ^ a b "GRAHAM, HUGH CORNELIUS JR - Licensee Information - Oklahoma Medical Board". www.okmedicalboard.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  6. ^ a b Berman, Alice. Skater's Edge Sourcebook: Ice Skating Resource Guide, p.121, 125 (2d 1998) (ISBN 978-0964302716)