Norris Bowden

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Silver	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Pair skating

Robert Norris Bowden (August 13, 1926 – April 9, 1991) was a Canadian figure skater.

Born in Toronto, Bowden won championships in every division of Canadian figure skating. He was national men's champion as a junior and senior (1947), national pairs (junior and senior), dance (1952), waltz, and 10-step champion with Frances Dafoe, and national fours champion.

Bowden and Dafoe captured four Canadian titles (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955) and two world championships (1954, 1955). They won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Outside of skating, Bowden graduated with an MBA and worked in the life insurance industry. He was founding president of the Centennial Nursery School for Retarded Children (now the Centennial Infant and Child Centre) in Toronto.

He has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1955), the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (1958), and the Skate Canada Hall of Fame (1993).

(with Dafoe)

Canadian Championships - 1st
Olympics - 5th

Canadian Championships - 1st
World Championships - 2nd

Canadian Championships - 1st
World Championships - 1st

Canadian Championships - 1st
World Championships - 1st

Olympics - 2nd
World Championships - 2nd

World champions in figure skating – Pairs

1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1909: Phyllis Johnson & James H. Johnson | 1910: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1911: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1912: Phyllis Johnson & James H. Johnson | 1913: Helene Engelmann & Karl Mejstrik | 1914: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1922: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1923: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1925: Herma Szabo & Ludwig Wrede | 1926: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1927: Herma Szabo & Ludwig Wrede | 1928: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1929: Lilly Scholz & Otto Kaiser | 1930: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1931: Emelie Rotter & Laszlo Szolas | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1933-1935: Emelie Rotter & Laszlo Szolas | 1936-1939: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1947-1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1949: Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király | 1950: Karol E. Kennedy & Peter Kennedy | 1951-1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1953: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks | 1954-1955: Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1957-1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1962: Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek | 1963-1964: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | 1965-1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1969-1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1973-1978: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1979: Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner | 1980: Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai | 1981: Irina Vorobeva & Igor Lisovski | 1982: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach | 1983: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1984: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini | 1985: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1986-1987: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1988: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1989-1990: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1991-1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1993: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler | 1994: Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov | 1995: Radka Kovaříková & René Novotný | 1996: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov | 1997: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer | 1998-1999: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze | 2000: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov | 2001: Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2002-2003: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo | 2004-2005: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin | 2006: Pang Qing & Tong Jian | 2007: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo

North American champions in figure skating – Pairs

1923: Dorothy Jenkins / A.G. McClennan | 1925: Theresa Weld / Nathaniel Niles | 1927: Marion McDougall / Chauncey Bangs | 1929-1933: Constance Wilson-Samuel / Montgomery Wilson | 1935: Maribel Vinson / George Hill | 1937: Veronica Clarke / Ralph McCreath | 1939: Joan Tozzer / Bernard Fox | 1941: Eleanor O'Meara / Ralph McCreath | 1947: Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Distelmeyer | 1949-1951: Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 1953-1955: Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | 1957-1959: Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | 1961: Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek | 1963: Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell | 1965: Vivan Joseph / Ronald Joseph | 1967-1969: Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman | 1971: JoJo Starbuck / Ken Shelley

Canadian champions in figure skating – Men's singles

1905-1906,1908: Ormond B. Haycock | 1910: Douglas H. Nelles | 1911: Ormond B. Haycock | 1912: Douglas H. Nelles | 1913: Philip Chrysler | 1914,1920: Norman Scott | 1921-1922: Duncan Hodgson | 1923: Melville Rogers | 1924: John Machado | 1925: Melville Rogers | 1929-1935: Montgomery Wilson | 1936-1937: Osborne Colson | 1938-1939: Montgomery Wilson | 1940-1941: Ralph McCreath | 1942: Michael Kirby | 1945: Nigel Stephens | 1946: Ralph McCreath | 1947: Norris Bowden | 1948: Wallace Distelmeyer | 1949-1950: Roger Wickson | 1951-1953: Peter Firstbrook | 1954-1958: Charles Snelling | 1959-1962: Donald Jackson | 1963: Donald McPherson | 1964: Charles Snelling | 1965-1967: Donald Knight | 1968-1969: Jay Humphry | 1970: David McGillivray | 1971-1976: Toller Cranston | 1977: Ron Shaver | 1978-1980: Brian Pockar | 1981-1988: Brian Orser | 1989-1991: Kurt Browning | 1992: Michael Slipchuk | 1993: Kurt Browning | 1994: Elvis Stojko | 1995: Sébastien Britten | 1996-2000: Elvis Stojko | 2001: Emanuel Sandhu | 2002: Elvis Stojko | 2003-2004: Emanuel Sandhu | 2005-2007: Jeffrey Buttle

Canadian champions in figure skating – Pairs

1905-1906: Katherine Haycock & Ormond Haycock | 1908: Aimee Haycock & Ormond Haycock | 1910-1911: Lady Evelyn Grey & Ormond Haycock | 1912: Eleanor Kingsford & Douglas Nelles | 1913: Muriel Burrows & Gordan McLennan | 1914: Norman Scott & Jean Chevalier | 1920: Alden Godwin / Douglas Nelles | 1921: Beatrice McDougall & Allan Howard | 1922: Alden Godwin & A. G. McLennan | 1923: Marjorie Anable & Duncan Hodgson | 1924: Elizabeth Blair & John Machado | 1925: Gladys Rogers & Melville Rogers | 1926: Constance Wilson-Samuel & Errol Morson | 1927-1928: Marion McDougall & Chauncey Bangs | 1929-1930: Constance Wilson-Samuel & Montgomery Wilson | 1931: Chauncey Bangs & Frances Claudet | 1932-1934: Constance Wilson-Samuel & Montgomery Wilson | 1935: Louise Bertram & Stewart Reburn | 1936-1938: Veronica Clarke & Ralph McCreath | 1939-1940: Norah McCarthy & Ralph McCreath | 1941-1942: Eleanor O'Meara & Ralph McCreath | 1945: Olga Bernyk & Alex Fulton | 1946: Joyce Perkins & Wallace Diestelmeyer | 1947: Suzanne Morrow & Wallace Diestelmeyer | 1948: Suzanne Morrow & Wallace Diestelmeyer | 1949-1950: Marlene Smith & Donald Gilchrist | 1951: Jane Kirby & Donald Tobiny | 1952-1955: Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden | 1956-1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1961-1962: Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek | 1962-1964: Debbi Wilkes & Guy Revell | 1965-1966: Susan Huehnergard & Paul Huehnergard | 1967-1968: Betty McKilligan & John McKilligan | 1969: Anna Forder & Richard Stehens | 1970-1974: Sandra Bezic & Val Bezic | 1975-1976: Candy Jones & Don Fraser | 1977: Cheri Pinner & Dennis Pinner | 1978: Sherri Baier & Robin Cowan | 1979-1983: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini | 1984: Katherina Matousek & Lloyd Eisler | 1985-1987: Cynthia Coull & Mark Rowsom | 1988: Christine Hough & Doug Ladret | 1989: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler | 1990: Cindy Landry & Lyndon Johnston | 1991-1994: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler | 1995: Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon & Luc Bradet | 1996-1997: Michelle Menzies & Jean-Michel Bombardier | 1998-1999: Kristy Sargeant & Kris Wirtz | 2000-2002: Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2003: Jacinthe Lariviere & Lenny Faustino | 2004-2006: Valérie Marcoux & Craig Buntin | 2007: Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison

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