Theresa Weld
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Theresa Weld Blanchard (born August 21, 1893 in Brookline, MA; died March 12, 1978 in Brookline) was an American figure skater. She competed in ladies' singles and pair skating with Nathaniel Niles. In singles, she won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships six times and competed three times in the Olympics, capturing a bronze medal in 1920. With Niles, she won the national pairs title nine times and also participated in the Olympics three times.
Blanchard was also the long-time volunteer editor of the United States Figure Skating Association's official publication, Skating magazine; first jointly with Niles from the magazine's founding in 1923, and then as sole editor after his death in 1931, up until 1963. The magazine was originally published out of her home. Her long competitive career gave her many contacts throughout the skating world. She also served as the first chair of the association's Professionals Committee from 1937 to 1947.
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| Event/Season | 1914 | 1918 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
| U.S. Championships | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | - |
| North American Championships | - | - | - | - | - | 1st | - | 3rd | - | - | - |
| Winter Olympics | - | - | 3rd | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | 10th |
(with Niles)
| Event/Season | 1914 | 1918 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1932 |
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | - | - |
| North American Championships | - | - | - | - | - | 2nd | - | 1st | - | 2nd | - | - | - | - |
| World Championships | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | 6th | 8th |
| Winter Olympics | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 9th | - | - | - |
- Skating in America, Benjamin T. Wright.
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1923: Theresa Weld | 1925-1927: Beatrix Loughran | 1929-1935: Constance Wilson-Samuel | 1937: Maribel Vinson | 1939-1941: Mary Rose Thacker | 1945-1947: Barbara Ann Scott | 1949: Yvonne Sherman | 1951: Sonya Klopfer | 1953-1955: Tenley Albright | 1957-1959: Carol Heiss | 1961: Laurence Owen | 1963: Wendy Griner | 1965: Petra Burka | 1967: Peggy Fleming | 1969: Janet Lynn | 1971: Karen Magnussen |
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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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1914: Theresa Weld | 1918: Rosemary Beresford | 1920-1924: Theresa Weld | 1925-1927: Beatrix Loughran | 1928-1933: Maribel Vinson | 1934: Suzanne Davis 1935-1937: Maribel Vinson | 1938-1940: Joan Tozzer | 1941-1942: Jane Vaughn | 1943-1948: Gretchen Merrill | 1949-1950: Yvonne C. Sherman | 1951: Sonya Klopfer | 1952-1956: Tenley Albright | 1957-1960: Carol Heiss | 1961: Laurence Owen | 1962: Barbara Roles | 1963: Lorraine Hanlon | 1964-1968: Peggy Fleming | 1969-1973: Janet Lynn | 1974-1976: Dorothy Hamill | 1977-1980: Linda Fratianne | 1981: Elaine Zayak | 1982-1984: Rosalynn Sumners | 1985: Tiffany Chin | 1986: Debi Thomas | 1987: Jill Trenary | 1988: Debi Thomas | 1989-1990: Jill Trenary | 1991: Tonya Harding | 1992: Kristi Yamaguchi | 1993: Nancy Kerrigan | 1994: * | 1995: Nicole Bobek | 1996: Michelle Kwan | 1997: Tara Lipinski | 1998-2005: Michelle Kwan | 2006: Sasha Cohen | 2007: Kimmie Meissner |