Michael Booker (figure skater)

Michael Booker
Full name	Michael Robert Booker
nation	United Kingdom
birthday	April 16, 1937
place of birth	Islington
Career
discipline	Single run
status	resigned
Medal table
EM medals 0 × 2 × 1 ×
European figure skating championships silver Budapest 1955 Men's silver Paris 1956 Men's bronze Vienna 1957 Men's

Michael Robert Booker (born April 16, 1937 in Islington , England ) is a former British figure skater who started in a single run .

From 1953 to 1958 he was British champion six times in a row. During the same period he took part in all European and world championships . At the European Championships he was never worse than fourth. In 1955 and 1956 he was vice-European champion behind Alain Giletti and in 1957 he won bronze. At the World Championships, his best result was fifth in 1956 . That year he also took part in the Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo , finishing them in sixth place.

Results

Competition / year	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958
winter Olympics				6th
World championships	9.	6th	6th	5.	10.	8th.
European championships	4th	4th	2.	2.	3.	4th
British Championships	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

• Michael Booker in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )