Sherwin Badger
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Born | (1901-08-29)August 29, 1901 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | April 8, 1972(1972-04-08) (aged 70) Sherborn, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Beatrix Loughran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1932 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sherwin Campbell Badger (August 29, 1901 – April 8, 1972) was an American figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. He earned the men's titles at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships from 1920 through 1924. He also captured the pairs gold medal with partner Beatrix Loughran three times, and the pair won the silver medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics. Prior to pairing with Loughran, he competed first with Clara Frothingham and later with Edith Rotch.
After his competitive career ended, he was a skating judge and the head of the U.S. Figure Skating Association.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 29, 1901, and died on April 8, 1972, in Sherborn, Massachusetts. In his private life, Badger was briefly married to Mary Bancroft also from the City of Boston, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Harvard University in 1923.[1]
Results
Men's singles
Event | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 11th | ||||||||
North American Championships | 1st | 2nd | |||||||
U.S. Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Pairs
with Frothingham
Event | 1918 |
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U.S. Championships | 2nd |
with Rotch
Event | 1920 |
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U.S. Championships | 2nd |
with Loughran
Event | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 4th | 2nd | |||
World Championships | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | ||
North American Championships | 3rd | ||||
U.S. Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- ^ "Sherwin Badger".
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- 1923: Sherwin Badger
- 1925–1927: Melville Rogers
- 1929–1939: Montgomery Wilson
- 1941: Ralph McCreath
- 1947–1951: Dick Button
- 1953–1955: Hayes Alan Jenkins
- 1957: David Jenkins
- 1959–1961: Donald Jackson
- 1963: Donald McPherson
- 1965: Gary Visconti
- 1967: Donald Knight
- 1969: Tim Wood
- 1971: John Misha Petkevich
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