Hayes Alan Jenkins

Hayes Alan Jenkins
nation	United States
birthday	March 23, 1933
place of birth	Akron, USA
Career
discipline	Single run
society	Broadmoor SC
End of career	1956
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 4 × 0 × 2 ×
winter Olympics gold Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Men's  World figure skating championships bronze London 1950 Men's bronze Paris 1952 Men's gold Davos 1953 Men's gold Oslo 1954 Men's gold Vienna 1955 Men's gold Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1956 Men's

Hayes Alan Jenkins (born March 23, 1933 in Akron , Ohio ) is a former American figure skater who started in a single run . He is Olympic figure skating champion from 1956 and world champion from 1953 to 1956 .

Hayes Alan Jenkins dominated the men's competition in figure skating for the four years from 1953 to 1956 and thus succeeded his compatriot Richard Button . During these years he remained unbeaten, was American champion four times in a row and won the world figure skating championship four times in a row , in 1953 and 1954 before his compatriot James Grogan and in 1955 and 1956 before compatriot Ronald Robertson . He won the gold medal at the 1956 Olympic Games . After the end of his career, his brother David replaced him as both world champion and Olympic champion.

Jenkins studied law at Harvard and became a lawyer for tire manufacturer Goodyear . He married the Olympic and figure skating world champion Carol Heiss .

Results

Competition / year	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
winter Olympics				4th				1.
World championships	6th	3.	4th	3.	1.	1.	1.	1.
American championships	3.	2.	3.	3.	1.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

• Hayes Alan Jenkins in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Photo of the Jenkins couple, 2008