Debbie Wilkes ( born Debbi Wilkes ; born December 16, 1946 , Toronto , Ontario , Canada ) is a Canadian figure skater , paired with partner Guy Revell, two- time Canadian champion, 1963 North American champion , silver medalist of the 1964 Olympic Games . Subsequently, she worked as a television analyst, analyst and figure skating coach.
| Debbie Wilkes | |
|---|---|
| Personal data | |
| Represents |  Canada |
| Date of Birth | December 16, 1946 (72 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Toronto Ontario Canada |
| Height | 165 cm |
| Former partners | Guy Revell |
| Former trainers | Bruce Highland Margaret Highland |
| Sports achivments | |
| The best results on the ISU system (at international amateur competitions) | |
| Amount | Not competed in New judicial system |
| Completed the performance | |
Career
Debbie started skating at the age of five, and at the age of 10 she began to skate together with her first partner.
In 1958, she first paired up with Guy Revell , who was 6 years older than her. A year later, they debuted at the junior championship of Canada and, to the surprise of many specialists, managed to become champions. The Canadian Federation showed them to the world public at the North American Championship, they finished fifth.
In the next Olympic season, the couple performed at the national championship in Regine and took third place, but the Canadian Federation sent only two pairs to the Squaw Valley Olympic Games . In early March, their debut came at the home world championship in Vancouver , where they were the penultimate. The following year, they again won the bronze medals of the Canadian Championship and won the bronze medals of the North American Championship. This season the world championship was canceled due to the death of US skaters.
In 1962, the skaters won the bronze medals of the national championship for the third time. In March of the same year in Prague at the World Championships, a Canadian couple finished next to the podium. The following year, at the national championship in Edmonton, Wilkes and Rivell became the country's first champions. A few weeks later in Vancouver, they won the championship of North America. At the world championship in the Italian Cortina d'Ampezzo, the skaters arrived among the main favorites. And then trouble happened, posing for journalists in training, Rivell fell and got a concussion. Skaters were forced to withdraw from the main start of the season.
In the Olympic season, the skaters confirmed their advantage over Canadian couples in North Bay , became two-time champions of Canada. A few days later they took part in the Innsbruck Winter Olympics . In a bitter struggle, they finished in third place; however, after a year with a small West German couple was deprived of silver medals and they went to Canadians. Subsequently, the IOC returned silver to the German skaters, but also left it to the Canadians. A month later, in Dortmund, Canadian skaters won the bronze medals of the world championship .
Immediately after the end of the world championship, Debbie Wilkes decided to end her sports career.
Results
with rewell
| Competition / Season | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 2 | |||||
| World Championship | eleven | four | Wd | 3 | ||
| North American Championship | 5 | 3 | one | |||
| Canadian Championship | 3 | 3 | 3 | one | one | |
| Canadian Figure Championship junior skating | one |
Notes
In general, they won the bronze in Innsbruck in 1964, and not silver