Robert Joseph "Bob" Swenning (July 25, 1924 – November 8, 2012) was an American
figure skater
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 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...
. He was born in
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich ( ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. It is the largest town on Gold Coast (Connecticut), Connectic ...
. He originally competed in
ice dance
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. Ac ...
, winning the gold medal at the 1945
United States Figure Skating Championships
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organized by U.S. Figure Skating to crown the national champions of the United States. The first U.S. Championships were held in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, ...
with partner
Kathe Mehl Williams. He later switched to pairs skating and teamed up with
Yvonne Sherman. The duo won the 1947 U.S. title, placed fourth at the
1948 Winter Olympic Games, and finished fifth at that year's
World Figure Skating Championship. He later paired with
Agnes Tyson and won the bronze medal at the 1955 U.S. Championships.
Pairs
(with Sherman)
(with Tyson)
Ice Dance
(with Williams)
References
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Robert Swenning's obituary
1924 births
2012 deaths
American male ice dancers
American male pair skaters
Olympic figure skaters for the United States
Figure skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics
20th-century American sportsmen
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