Frances Dafoe

Frances Dafoe
Full name	Frances Helen Dafoe
nation	Canada
birthday	January 17, 1929
place of birth	Toronto, Ontario
date of death	23rd September 2016
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Norris Bowden
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 2 × 2 × 0 ×
winter Olympics silver Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Couples  World figure skating championships silver Davos 1953 Couples gold Oslo 1954 Couples gold Vienna 1955 Couples silver Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1956 Couples

Frances Helen Dafoe , CM , O.Ont (born January 17, 1929 in Toronto , Ontario , † September 23, 2016 ) was a Canadian figure skater who started pair skating .

Dafoe's skating partner was Norris Bowden . The couple won four Canadian championship titles from 1952 to 1955. From 1952 to 1956 they took part in world championships . In 1953 and 1956 they became vice world champions and in 1954 in Oslo and 1955 in Vienna world champions. It was Canada's first pair skating world title for Canada. At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , Dafoe and Bowden won the silver medal. They succumbed to the Austrians Sissy Schwarz and Kurt Oppelt .

Dafoe and Bowden were the first to show twist lifts and throw jumps.

Dafoe was also Canadian ice dance champion with Bowden in 1952 .

After the end of her competitive career, she worked as a costume designer. Among other things, she designed the costumes for the graduation ceremony of the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary . Dafoe also stayed in figure skating as a judge.

Results

Pair skating

(with Norris Bowden )

Competition / year	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
winter Olympics		5.				2.
World championships		4th	2.	1.	1.	2.
Canadian Championships	2.	1.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

• Frances Dafoe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hall of Fame pairs skater Frances Dafoe this
2. ↑ http://www2.tsn.ca/lacrosse/story/?id=283838
3. ↑ http://www2.tsn.ca/lacrosse/story/?id=283838