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{{Infobox figure skater , name= Andree Anderson , image= , caption= , fullname= Andree Anderson , altname= Andree Jacoby , country= {{USA , formercountry= , birth_date= , birth_place= Chicago, Illinois , hometown= , residence= , death_date= , death_place= , height= , partner= Donald Jacoby , formerpartner= , coach= , formercoach= , choreographer= , formerchoreographer= , skating club= Buffalo SC , retired= , medaltemplates= {{MedalSport,
Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi ...
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Ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
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{{MedalSilver, 1959 Colorado Springs, Ice dancing {{MedalBronze, 1958 Paris, Ice dancing {{MedalCompetition, North American Championships {{MedalSilver, 1959 Toronto, Ice dancing Andree Anderson was an American
ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
born in
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. She was inducted in the
United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame The United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame serves as a repository for the sport of figure skating. The United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame is where the greatest names in the history of the sport are honored. To be inducted into it is consid ...
in 1997 along with her skating partner and husband, Donald Jacoby.


Career

Andree Anderson was the 1958 and 1959 U.S. national champion. She and Donald Jacoby were the 1959 World silver medalists and the 1958 World bronze medalists. The Jacobys turned professional in 1959 in order to tour with
Ice Follies The Ice Follies, formerly known as the Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies, is a touring ice show featuring elaborate production numbers, similar in concept to Ice Capades. It was founded in 1936 by Eddie and Roy Shipstad and Oscar Johnson. In later ...
."People", ''Skating'' magazine, November 1959


Results

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References

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