Lorna Dyer

Lorna Dyer (born July 3, 1945) is an American ice dancer. With partner John Carrell, she is the 1967 U.S. national champion.[1] They are the 1967 World silver medalists and 1965–1966 World bronze medalists.[2]

Lorna Dyer
Personal information
Full nameLorna Dyer
Country represented United States
Born (1945-07-03) July 3, 1945
Seattle, Washington
PartnerJohn Carrell
CoachJean Westwood
Skating clubBroadmoor SC

After retiring from competitive skating, Lorna graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Biology and married Jerry Watts. Lorna taught high school science for over 30 years, and was the Washington State Outstanding Biology Teacher of the year and was a candidate for the 1985 NASA Teacher in Space. She spent summer breaks in Sun Valley, Idaho teaching skating. In 1980, she wrote "Ice Dancing Illustrated", an instructional book of technical information for dance compulsories learned from coach Jean Westwood. She is retired and resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband.[3]

Results

(with King Cole)

Event 1962
U.S. Championships3rd

(with John Carrell)

Event 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
World Championships8th5th3rd3rd2nd
North American Championships1st1st
U.S. Championships3rd3rd2nd2nd1st

References
  1. "Past U.S. Champions - Senior" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09. (123 KiB)
  2. "ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships - Dance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  3. https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2019/06/science-meets-art-lorna-dyer-and-john.html


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