Scott Ethan "Scotty" Allen (born February 8, 1949) is a retired 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 is the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1965 world silver medalist, and the 1964 and 1966 U.S. national champion. The son of Swedish figure skating champion Sonja Fuhrman, Allen made his national debut at the age of nine, winning the silver medal in the novice division at the 1959 U.S. Championships. At that time he was the youngest competitor ever to skate in the Championships. Raised in the Smoke Rise of

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, Scott attended

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, with tutors assisting him with his course work when he was away at competitions. In 1961, he came second in the

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in men's singles junior class after Monty Hoyt, just two and a half weeks before the whole national team would be killed in the Sabena Flight 548 crash while en route to the World Championships in Prague. Allen, who had only turned 12 a week earlier, had a ticket too, and was going to travel with his coach Fritz Dietl. However, Dietl, a New Jersey rink owner, had to wait for parts to arrive from the West Coast for a malfunctioning compressor; thus sparing their lives. In the post-accident vacuum, he made progress quickly at a quite young age. Already in the next year's national championship he won the silver medal just at the age of 12. He won the bronze medal at the

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two days before his 15th birthday, becoming the youngest medalist at the Winter Olympics. He still holds the record for the youngest male medalist and the youngest individual medalist. He represented the Skating Club of New York in competition. After retiring from competitions Allen attended

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, graduating in 1971, and then Columbia Business School. He worked for more than 30 years at his stepfather's clothing company, Corbin Ltd., eventually becoming its vice-president of research and development. As of early 2014, he resides in New York City.Rosewater, Amy (January 20, 2014
Allen's Olympic bronze medal served as ray of hope
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1949 births American male single skaters Harvard University alumni Kinnelon High School alumni People from Kinnelon, New Jersey Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in figure skating Living people Sportspeople from Morris County, New Jersey Sportspeople from Newark, New Jersey Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Columbia Business School alumni 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub