Kenneth Shelley
Full name
Kenneth Gene Shelley
nation
United States United States
birthday
4th October 1951
place of birth
Downey, California
size
170 cm
Weight
59 kg
Career
discipline
Single run, pair run
Partner
JoJo Starbuck
status
resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals
0 ×
0 ×
2 ×
Kenneth Gene Shelley (born October 4, 1951 in Downey , California ) is a retired American figure skater who started in individual skating and pair skating .
As a single runner, he was American champion in 1972 . In the same year, after two eighth places at world championships , he achieved his best result with seventh place and celebrated his greatest success as an individual runner with fourth place at the Olympic Games in Sapporo .
As a pair skater alongside JoJo Starbuck , he also finished fourth at the Olympic Games in Sapporo . At the World Championships in 1971 and 1972 , the three-time US champions each won bronze behind the two Soviet couples Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanow and Lyudmila Smirnova and Andrei Suraikin . Shelley and Starbuck had already competed in the 1968 Olympics , making them the youngest athletes the United States had ever sent to the Olympics . As early as 1959, the two ran together in a show for the first time. In 1961 they began to train professionally with coach John Nicks .
In the summer of 1969, Shelley was injured when he fell through a glass door at a party. After the subsequent operation, he had to wear a cast for five weeks. After finishing their careers, Shelley and Starbuck toured with the ice revue Ice Capades.
Results Single run Pair skating (with JoJo Starbuck )
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