Robert Arnold Uppgren (December 14, 1923 - May 12, 1967) 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, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

. He competed in

pair skating 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

Janette Ahrens Janette Louise Buckbee ( Ahrens, December 10, 1925 – April 24, 2016), also known as Deedee Ahrens, was an American figure skater. Life and career Ahrens was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on December 10, 1925. She attended the University of M ...

. He also competed in fours with Ahrens,

Mary Louise Premer Mary Louise Lyle Wright, née Premer (born 1923 in Saint Paul, Minnesota; died December 15, 2004) was an American figure skater and official. Wright was the 1941 North American champion in four skating. After retiring from competition, she serv ...

, and Lyman Wakefield, Jr. and won the 1941 North American title. By 1967, Uppgren had begun working for the

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in its

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offices. On May 12, he died in a helicopter crash in

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Competitive highlights

(with Ahrens)

Four skating

(with Premer, Uppgren, and Wakefield)

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1923 births 1967 deaths American male pair skaters 20th-century American sportsmen Victims of helicopter accidents or incidents in the United States Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1967 {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub