Hugh Graham (figure skater)

Hugh C. Graham, Jr is an American figure skater.

Hugh Graham
Full nameHugh C. Graham, Jr
HometownTulsa, Oklahoma
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States
Medal record
Representing United States
Pairs' Figure skating
North American Championships
Silver medal – second place 1953 ClevelandPairs

He competed as a singles skater and as a pair skater with his sister, Margaret Anne Graham. After his competitive career ended, he spent from 1986 to 1989 as the President of the United States Figure Skating Association.[1] Graham was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004.[1][2]

Graham graduated Harvard University in 1955,[3] during which he was a member of the Skating Club of Boston,[4] and then he graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1959.[5] He practiced as a pediatrician in Tulsa, Oklahoma for several decades before retiring.[5]

Results

Men's singles
Event 1955
World Championships10th
U.S. Championships3rd[6]

Pairs

(with Margaret Anne Graham)

Event 1953 1954
World Championships5th
North American Championships3rd
U.S. Championships2nd2nd[6]

References
  1. (9 January 2004). Six Individuals Inducted Into U.S. Hall of Fame, U.S. Figure Skating website, Retrieved December 21, 2010
  2. "U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame". www.worldskatingmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. "Harvard Olympians". Harvard. Archived from the original on 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  4. "The Skating Club of Boston - Boston, MA". Alignable. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  5. "GRAHAM, HUGH CORNELIUS JR - Licensee Information - Oklahoma Medical Board". www.okmedicalboard.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  6. Berman, Alice. Skater's Edge Sourcebook: Ice Skating Resource Guide, p.121, 125 (2d 1998) (ISBN 978-0964302716)
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