Jean Westwood (figure skater)
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nation | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Ice dance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Lawrence Demmy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jean Westwood is a former British figure skater who with Lawrence Demmy in ice dancing started.
Together with him she was British champion from 1952 to 1955, European champion from 1954 to 1955 and world champion from 1952 to 1955 . Westwood and Demmy were both the first world champions as well as the first European champions in ice dancing. With four world championship titles they are only surpassed by Lyudmila Pachomowa and Alexander Gorshkov from the Soviet Union , who achieved a total of six titles.
In 1977 Westwood and Demmy were inducted into the Figure Skating Hall of Fame .
Results
Ice dance
(with Lawrence Demmy )
Competition / year | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 |
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World championships | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
European championships | 1. | 1. | ||
British Championships | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
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SURNAME | Westwood, Jean |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |