Peter Kennedy (figure skater)

Peter Kennedy
Full name	Michael Edward Kennedy III
nation	United States
birthday	September 4, 1927
place of birth	Olympia, Washington
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Karol Kennedy
status	resigned
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

Michael Edward "Peter" Kennedy III (born September 4, 1927 in Olympia , Washington ) is a former American figure skater who started in pair skating .

Together with his sister Karol , he was US pair skating champion five times in a row from 1948 to 1952 . Peter and Karol 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 .

After the Kennedys were defeated by the Germans at the World Cup in 1952, as they had been at the Olympic Games, the frustrated Peter Kennedy attacked a press photographer and was then suspended by the ISU and his national association. This ended the Kennedy's career.

After his figure skating career, Peter Kennedy tried his hand at skiing. He later became a consultant and representative of ski companies.

Results

Pair skating

(with Karol 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

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Figure Skating at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Mixed Pairs