Leslie Cliff (figure skater)

Leslie Cliff
Full name	Leslie Howard Talbot Cliff
nation	United Kingdom
birthday	June 5, 1908
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Violet Cliff
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 2 × EM medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Paris 1936 Couples bronze London 1937 Couples  European figure skating championships silver Berlin 1936 Couples

Leslie Cliff (born June 5, 1908 , † August 2, 1969 ) was a British figure skater who started pair skating .

Life

Cliff competed in pair skating with his wife Violet Cliff . In the period from 1933 to 1937 they took part in four European championships . They won their only medal in Berlin in 1936 when they were runner-up in Europe behind Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier .

From 1936 to 1939 the Cliffs took part in all world championships . In 1936 in Paris and 1937 in London they won the bronze medal behind Herber and Baier and the Austrians Ilse and Erik Pausin .

At their only Olympic Games in 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, they finished seventh.

Results

Pair skating

(with Violet Cliff )

Competition / year	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
winter Olympics				7th
World championships				3.	3.	4th	5.
European championships	4th		7th	2.	4th

Web links

• Leslie Cliff in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )