Ethel Muckelt

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Ethel Muckelt figure skating
Ethel Muckelt 1924
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
birthday May 30, 1885
place of birth Moss Side
date of death December 13, 1953
Place of death Altrincham
Career
discipline Single run, pair run
Partner John Page
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze Chamonix 1924 Ladies
ISU World figure skating championships
silver Manchester 1924 Couples
 

Ethel Muckelt (born May 30, 1885 in Moss Side , Manchester , † December 13, 1953 in Altrincham , Greater Manchester ) was a British figure skater who started in single and pair skating .

Muckelt came from a family that produced dyes for the textile industry in Manchester . She trained on the Manchester ice rink, the only one in Great Britain outside London at the time .

In the individual run, Muckelt took part in two world championships . In 1923 she was fourth and in 1925 fifth. At her only Olympic Games in a single run, she won the bronze medal in Chamonix in 1924, behind Herma Szabó and Beatrix Loughran and very close ahead of Theresa Weld . Above all, her performance in duty helped her. At 38, Muckelt was one of the oldest Olympic medalists.

In pair skating, Muckelt and Sydney Wallwork took part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, they finished fifth. From 1924 she competed with the British record champion in the individual run, John Page . In 1924 they were runner-up in Manchester, behind Helene Engelmann and Alfred Berger . It remained her only world championship medal. They finished sixth in 1926 and fourth in 1928 . You participated in two Olympic Games. In 1924 in Chamonix they took fourth place and in 1928 in St. Moritz they took seventh place.

Results

Single run

Competition / year 1923 1924 1925
winter Olympics 3.
World championships 4th 5.

Pair skating

(with Sidney Wallwork )

Competition / year 1920
Olympic games 5.

(with John Page )

Competition / year 1924 1926 1928
winter Olympics 4th 7th
World championships 2. 6th 4th

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personal data
SURNAME Chuckle, Ethel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Moss Side , England
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1953
Place of death Altrincham , England