Graham Sharp

Graham Sharp
Full name	Henry Graham Sharp
nation	United Kingdom
birthday	December 19, 1917
place of birth	London
date of death	January 2, 1995
Place of death	Poole
Career
discipline	Single run
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × 3 × 0 × EM medals 1 × 3 × 0 ×
World figure skating championships silver Paris 1936 Men's silver Vienna 1937 Men's silver Berlin 1938 Men's gold Budapest 1939 Men's  European figure skating championships silver Berlin 1936 Men's silver Prague 1937 Men's silver St. Moritz 1938 Men's gold Davos 1939 Men's

Henry Graham Sharp (born December 19, 1917 in London , † January 2, 1995 in Poole ) was a British figure skater who started in a single run . He is the world champion of 1939 and the European Champion of 1939 .

Sharp in 1939, the last year before the seven-year competition break due to the Second World War , world champion and European champion . Both times in front of his compatriot Freddie Tomlins . In the previous three years, Sharp had already won silver at both world and European championships . There he was defeated by Karl Schäfer in 1936 and Felix Kaspar in 1937 and 1938 . At the 1936 Olympics , Sharp was fifth. The eight-time British champion came back after the war break that had robbed him of the chance for further success. In 1948 he was sixth at the World Championships and seventh at the Olympic Games .

Results

Competition / year	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1946	1948
winter Olympics			5.					7th
World championships	6th	4th	2.	2.	2.	1.		6th
European championships			2.	2.	2.	1.
British Championships	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

• Graham Sharp in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )