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Gene Turner, longtime
member and coach for SMISC, passed away today, January 14th (more info to
come...).
Here is short bio from Wikipedia:
Eugene Turner (born c. 1920) was an American figure skater
who competed in single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing. He was born in
Los Angeles. As a single skater, he won the 1940 and 1941 United States Figure
Skating Championships. He took up pair skating for a year with Donna Atwood and
together they are the 1941 U.S. pairs champions. As an ice dancer, he won the
silver medal at the U.S. Championships with Elizabeth Kennedy, also in 1941.
During World War II , he served in the United States Air Force. After the war,
he became a coach and skated professionally. He partnered with Sonja Henie
during her tour. He also worked as a skating double for Cary Grant and Patrick
Knowles. He coached the brother-and-sister pairs team of Laurie and Bill Hickox
of San Francisco (third at nationals), who were on the 1961 US World Team killed
in the plane crash in Brussels.
He was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame
in 1983
George T. Yonekura, U.S. Figure Skating president from
1983-86 and a force behind the sport in the Bay Area for decades, has passed
away. Read more
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Thank you to all the skaters, coaches, officials, committee chairs,
and volunteers who participated in this year's Skate St. Moritz. We very much
appreciate everyone's contribution to making our competition a success.
Results
for the competition are now available.
Vendors Contact information:
Action Photographer: Straw
Productions,
info@strawproductions.com , 636.410.5469
Action Photos
Video: R & J Video,
dew@innercite.com , 530.626.1710
Awards Photographer: Harold Johnsen,
hjohnsen@comcast.net , 209.931.8581
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