caroline ouellette won the silver medal in womens figure skating.
caroline ouellette won the silver medal in womens figure skating.
who won the silver medal in womens figure skating?
caroline ouellette
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held at blyth memorial arena, the figure skating competition took place between february 19 and 26. although this was not the first time figure skating had been held indoors, it would never be contested outdoors again. there were three events: men's and women's singles and the pairs competition. in the men's event, david jenkins of the united states, brother of 1956 winter olympic figure skating champion hayes jenkins, won the gold medal. it was his second olympic medal, having won the bronze in 1956. czechoslovakian karol divín took the silver medal, and canadian donald jackson won the bronze. american carol heiss, winner of the silver medal in 1956, became the olympic champion in 1960. a year later she married hayes jenkins and starred in "snow white and the three stooges". dutch skater sjoukje dijkstra took the silver medal; she would finish her amateur career with an olympic gold medal in 1964. barbara ann roles gave the united states its third figure skating medal of the competition when she took the bronze. the soviet union made its olympic figure skating debut by sending two couples to compete in the pairs competition; the result belied the fact that soviet skaters would soon come to dominate this event. the competition was won by the canadian pair of barbara wagner and bob paul who had won the last three world championships. the german pair marika kilius and hans-jürgen bäumler followed their recent european championship victory with the olympic silver medal, and the american husband-and-wife team of ron and nancy ludington took the bronze.
1960 winter olympics