Peter Firstbrook
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Born | (1933-05-11)May 11, 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | February 22, 1985(1985-02-22) (aged 51) Guanajuato, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Toronto SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Sprott Firstbrook (May 11, 1933 – February 22, 1985) was a Canadian figure skater. As a single skater, he was the 1951–1953 Canadian national champion. He placed 5th at the 1952 Winter Olympics.[1] He was one of the few skaters to win the Canadian Junior and Senior titles in consecutive years.
Firstbrook also competed as a pair skater. With partner Mary Kenner, he was the 1947 Canadian junior bronze medalist.
In addition to single and pair skating, Firstbrook competed in the four skating disciplines. With partners Mary Kenner, Vera Smith, and Peter Dunfield, he won the silver medal at the 1949 North American Figure Skating Championships. He died of pneumonia on February 22, 1985, in Guanajuato, Mexico, where he had been living in an artists' community.[2][3]
Competitive highlights
Singles career
Competition | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 5th | ||||
World Championships | 7th | 7th | |||
North American Championships | 4th | 2nd | |||
Canadian Championships | 2nd J. | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | 1st |
- J = Junior level
Pairs career
(with Mary Kenner)
Competition | 1947 |
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Canadian Championships | 3rd J. |
Fours career
(with Mary Kenner, Vera Smith, and Peter Dunfield)
Competition | 1949 |
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North American Championships | 2nd |
References
External links
- Profile
- "Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 1 - 1896 - 1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-22.
- "Canadian National Championships Medallists" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-20.
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- 1905–06, 1908: Ormond B. Haycock
- 1910: Douglas H. Nelles
- 1911: Ormond B. Haycock
- 1912: Douglas H. Nelles
- 1913: Philip Chrysler
- 1914, 1920: Norman Scott
- 1921–22: Duncan Hodgson
- 1923: Melville Rogers
- 1924: John Machado
- 1925: Melville Rogers
- 1929–35: Montgomery Wilson
- 1936–37: Osborne Colson
- 1938–39: Montgomery Wilson
- 1940–41: Ralph McCreath
- 1942: Michael Kirby
- 1945: Nigel Stephens
- 1946: Ralph McCreath
- 1947: Norris Bowden
- 1948: Wallace Diestelmeyer
- 1949–50: Roger Wickson
- 1951–53: Peter Firstbrook
- 1954–58: Charles Snelling
- 1959–62: Donald Jackson
- 1963: Donald McPherson
- 1964: Charles Snelling
- 1965–67: Donald Knight
- 1968–69: Jay Humphry
- 1970: David McGillivray
- 1971–76: Toller Cranston
- 1977: Ron Shaver
- 1978–80: Brian Pockar
- 1981–88: Brian Orser
- 1989–91: Kurt Browning
- 1992: Michael Slipchuk
- 1993: Kurt Browning
- 1994: Elvis Stojko
- 1995: Sébastien Britten
- 1996–2000: Elvis Stojko
- 2001: Emanuel Sandhu
- 2002: Elvis Stojko
- 2003–04: Emanuel Sandhu
- 2005–07: Jeffrey Buttle
- 2008–14: Patrick Chan
- 2015: Nam Nguyen
- 2016–18: Patrick Chan
- 2019: Nam Nguyen
- 2020: Roman Sadovsky
- 2022–23: Keegan Messing
- 2024: Wesley Chiu
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