Malcolm Cannon

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Malcolm Cannon figure skating
Full name Malcolm Roger Cannon
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
birthday June 22, 1944
place of birth Birmingham
size 164 cm
Weight 63 kg
Career
discipline Single run, ice dance
Partner Yvonne Suddick
status resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
EM medals 0 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
ISU World figure skating championships
bronze Vienna 1967 Ice dance
silver Geneva 1968 Ice dance
ISU European figure skating championships
silver Ljubljana 1967 Ice dance
silver Västerås 1968 Ice dance
 

Malcolm Roger Cannon (born June 22, 1944 in Birmingham ) is a former British figure skater who started in individual skating and ice dancing .

In 1963 and 1966, Cannon became British champions in the individual race. He participated in three European championships and two world championships . His best result at European Championships was 12th place, which he reached in 1962 and 1963 , and 18th place at World Championships, which he reached in 1963 and 1966 . At his only Olympic Winter Games , he was twentieth in Innsbruck in 1964 .

In ice dancing, Cannon and his ice dancing partner Yvonne Suddick won the silver medal at the European Championships in 1967 and 1968 . At the 1967 World Cup , Suddick and Cannon won the bronze medal. In 1968 in Geneva they became vice world champions behind their compatriots Diane Towler and Bernard Ford .

Results

Single run

Competition / year 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
winter Olympics 20th
World championships 18th 18th
European championships 12. 12. 15th
British Championships 2. 1. 1.

Ice dance

(with Yvonne Suddick )

Competition / year 1967 1968
World championships 3. 2.
European championships 2. 2.
British Championships 2. 2.

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