Kennedy Memorial Winter Games
The Kennedy Memorial Winter Games were an international multi-sport competition event held in Lake Placid, New York from January 9 to March 15, 1970. The Games were held as a tribute to John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy. President Kennedy had been an advocate of physical fitness and in 1963 urged the development of programs to allow American youth to participate in international sports competitions.[1]
The program included competition in figure skating, bobsled, luge, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, and ice hockey.[1]
Figure skating
The figure skating events took place March 13-15, and included competitions in ladies' and men's single skating and pair skating with entrants from 10 countries. This was the first international invitational senior figure skating competition held in the United States, predating the first Skate America competition which was held in 1979.[2]
Men's results
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | FP | Placings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Baldwin, Sr. |  United States | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Gordon McKellen | United States | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Stefano Bargauan |  Italy | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Ron Shaver | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 5 | Reinhard Ketterer |  West Germany | 4 | 6 | 40 |
| 6 | Jacques Mrozek |  France | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| 7 | Josef Schneider |  Austria | 5 | 9 | 48 |
| 8 | Jozef Žídek |  Czechoslovakia | 6 | 5 | 45 |
| 9 | John Curry |  United Kingdom | 8 | 8 | 54 |
| 10 | Paul Bonenfant | Canada | 9 | 10 | 69 |
| 11 | Yutaka Higuchi |  Japan | 11 | 11 | 75 |
Ladies' results
| Rank | Name | Nation | CP | FP | Placings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joanne Darakjy | United States | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | Mary McCaffrey | Canada | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Jennie Walsh | United States | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Kazumi Yamashita | Japan | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Jean Scott | United Kingdom | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Karen Grobba | Canada | 7 | 6 | 45 |
| 7 | Ľudmila Bezáková | Czechoslovakia | 8 | 7 | 48 |
| 8 | Cinzia Frosio | Italy | 9 | 8 | 52 |
| 9 | Marion von Cetto | West Germany | 10 | 9 | 63 |
| WDR | Charlotte Walter |  Switzerland | 3 |
Pairs results
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FP | Placings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunhilde Bassler / Eberhard Rausch | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Dana Fialova / Josef Tuma | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Evelyne Scharf / Wilhelm Bietak | Austria | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Barbara Brown / Doug Berndt | United States | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Mona Szabo / Pierre Szabo | France | 4 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Kathy Normile / Gregory Taylor | United States | 6 | 7 | 46 |
| 7 | Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle | Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 45 |
| 8 | Marion Murray / Glenn Moore | Canada | 8 | 8 | 55 |
| WDR | Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi Nagakubo | Japan | 9 |
References
- "The Kennedy Memorial Winter Games", Skating magazine, Feb 1970
- "The 1970 Kennedy Winter Games", Skating magazine, Jun 1970