Jack Dunn

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Jack Dunn figure skating
Full name John Edward Powell Dunn
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
birthday March 28, 1917
place of birth Royal Tunbridge Wells
date of death July 16, 1938
Place of death Los Angeles, USA
Career
discipline Single run
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
ISU World figure skating championships
silver Budapest 1935 Men's
 

John Edward Powell "Jack" Dunn (born March 28, 1917 in Royal Tunbridge Wells , England , † July 16, 1938 in Hollywood , Los Angeles , USA ) was a British figure skater who started in a single run .

He was runner-up behind Karl Schäfer at the World Championships in Budapest in 1935 . At the Olympic Games in 1936 , he reached sixth place.

Dunn was a close friend and lover of Sonja Henie . After the Olympic Games in 1936, he accompanied Henie to the USA and for the next two years became her ice skating partner on her show, with which she toured the USA. The relationship ended when Henie began an affair with Tyrone Power . Shortly thereafter, Jack Dunn died of complications from tularemia , which he contracted when he came into contact with an infected rabbit while hunting in Texas .

Results

Competition / year 1934 1935 1936
winter Olympics 6th
World championships 2. 4th
European championships 6th 4th

Web links

  • Jack Dunn in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883070,00.html
personal data
SURNAME Dunn, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dunn, John Edward Powell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Royal Tunbridge Wells
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1938
Place of death los Angeles