Peter Kennedy (figure skater)
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| Silver | 1952 Oslo | Pairs | |
Peter Kennedy (born September 4, 1927 in Olympia, WA) was an American figure skater. With his sister, Karol, he won five U.S. Championship titles from 1948-1952. Known as "The Kennedy Kids," they won the World Championship in 1950, and the silver medal in the 1952 Winter Olympics.
(all with Karol)
| Event | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 6th | 2nd | |||||
| World Championships | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |
| North American Championships | 1st | 1st | |||||
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Note: Peter Kennedy is has also been credited as Michael Kennedy
- GoldenSkate: North American Figure Skating Championships: List of Champions
- Skatabase: 1948 Olympics: Pairs Results
- Skatabase: 1952 Olympics: Pairs Results
- Skatabase: 1940s Worlds: Pairs Results
- Skatabase: 1950s Worlds: Pairs Results
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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 / Kenneth Shelley |
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