Basil Williams (11 March 1891 – 1951) was a British single skater and

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With partner

Phyllis Johnson Phyllis Wyatt Johnson (née Squire) (8 December 1886 in Great Britain – 2 December 1967) was a British figure skater. She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1908 Olympic Games with James H. Johnson. They captured the gold at the W ...

, he won the bronze medal at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

. Before teaming up with Johnson, he competed with Enid Harrison. They placed 6th at the 1912

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...

. He also competed as a single skater at the 1920 Olympics, placing 7th.

Results

(with Phyllis Johnson)

References

External links

Basil Williams' profile at databaseOlympics

1891 births 1951 deaths British male single skaters British male pair skaters Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Figure skaters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in figure skating Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub