Barbara Thompson (figure skater)

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Barbara Thompson figure skating
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
birthday
Career
discipline Ice dance
Partner Gerard Rigby
status resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
EM medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
ISU World figure skating championships
bronze Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1956 Ice dance
ISU European figure skating championships
bronze Paris 1956 Ice dance
silver Vienna 1957 Ice dance
bronze Bratislava 1958 Ice dance
 

Barbara Thompson is a former British figure skater who started out in ice dancing .

Her ice dance partner was Gerard Rigby . Together with him she took part in World and European Championships from 1956 to 1958 . At European Championships in 1956 and 1958 they won the bronze medal and in 1957 the silver medal. They won their only medal at world championships in 1956 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with bronze behind their compatriots Pamela Weight and Paul Thomas as well as June Markham and Courtney Jones .

Results

Ice dance

(with Gerard Rigby )

Competition / year 1956 1957 1958
World championships 3. 5. 5.
European championships 3. 2. 3.
personal data
SURNAME Thompson, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century