Karol Kennedy

Karol Kennedy
Full name	Karol Estelle Kennedy
nation	United States
birthday	February 14, 1932
place of birth	Shelton, Washington
date of death	June 25, 2004 (age 72)
Place of death	Seattle, Washington
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Peter Kennedy
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 4 × 0 ×
winter Olympics silver Oslo 1952 Couples  World figure skating championships silver Stockholm 1947 Couples silver Paris 1949 Couples gold London 1950 Couples silver Milan 1951 Couples silver Paris 1952 Couples

Karol Estelle Kennedy , married. Kucher (born February 14, 1932 in Shelton , Washington , † June 25, 2004 in Seattle ) was an American figure skater who started in pair skating .

Together with her brother Peter , she was five times in a row US champion in pair skating from 1948 to 1952 . Karol and Peter Kennedy, known as "The Kennedy Kids", competed in world championships from 1947 to 1952 . In 1947 , 1949 , 1951 and 1952 they became vice world champions and in 1950 in London world champions. This was the USA's first pair skating world title.

The Kennedys played two Olympic Games . In 1948 in St. Moritz they finished sixth despite Karol's back injury and in 1952 in Oslo they won the silver medal behind Ria and Paul Falk .

Results

Pair skating

(with Peter Kennedy )

Competition / year	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952
winter Olympics			6th				2.
World championships		2.	4th	2.	1.	2.	2.
American championships	2.	2.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

• Karol Kennedy in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )