Debbi Wilkes
Debbi Wilkes | |||||||||||||
Full name | Deborah "Debbi" Wilkes | ||||||||||||
nation | Canada | ||||||||||||
birthday | December 16, 1946 | ||||||||||||
place of birth | Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||
size | 160 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg | ||||||||||||
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discipline | Pair skating | ||||||||||||
Partner | Guy Revell | ||||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||||
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Deborah "Debbi" Wilkes (born December 16, 1946 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian figure skater who started pair skating .
Her figure skating partner was Guy Revell . Together they became Canadian champions in pair skating in 1963 and 1964. They participated in three world championships. On their debut in Vancouver in 1960 , they finished eleventh in the double victory of their compatriots Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul as well as Maria and Otto Jelinek . In 1962 in Prague they finished fourth when the Jelineks won. They could not contest the 1963 World Cup because Wilkes, posing for the photographers, fell head first onto the ice while lifting and suffered a fractured skull. In 1964 in Dortmund , Wilkes and Revell won the bronze medal behind Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler as well as Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopow at their third and final world championship . They had also won bronze behind the two couples shortly before at the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck . In 1964 the couple ended their careers.
In 1966, Wilkes and Revell were informed that the International Olympic Committee had disqualified the silver medalists of the 1964 Olympic Games, Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, because they had signed a professional contract before the Winter Games. IOC member James Worrall then presented the couple with the silver medal at the Canadian Championships in Peterborough. In 1987 Kilius and Bäumler were fully rehabilitated by the IOC, but the medals were not exchanged.
Wilkes stayed with figure skating as a television commentator, writer and trainer. She studied psychology and communication science and has worked as the director of marketing and sponsorship for Skate Canada since 2006 .
Results
Pair skating
(with Guy Revell )
Competition / year | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
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winter Olympics | 2. | ||||
World championships | 11. | 4th | 3. | ||
Canadian Championships | 3. | 3. | 3. | 1. | 1. |
Web links
- Debbi Wilkes in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wilkes, Debbi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilkes, Deborah |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Canada |