Donald Jacoby
Donald Jacoby 
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| discipline | Ice dance | |||||||||
| Partner | Virginia Hoyns, Andree Anderson |
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| society | Buffalo SC | |||||||||
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Donald Jacoby († before 1998) was an American figure skater who started in ice dancing .
His first ice dance partner was Virginia Hoyns . With her he finished fifth at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1953 in Davos and 1954 in Oslo .
His second ice dance partner was his future wife Andree Anderson . With her he won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Paris in 1958 and the silver medal in Colorado Springs in 1959 behind the British Doreen Denny and Courtney Jones . Then the couple switched to the professionals and toured with an ice revue. In 1997 he was posthumously inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame , along with his wife and former ice dance partner Andree Anderson .
Results
Ice dance
(with Virginia Hoyns )
| Competition / year | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
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| World championships | 5. | 5. | ||
| American championships | 2. | 2. |
(with Andree Anderson )
| Competition / year | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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| World championships | 3. | 2. | |
| American championships | 2. | 1. | 1. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen June 8, 2011
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| SURNAME | Jacoby, Donald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | before 1998 |