Donald Jacoby
Appearance
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Full name | Donald Arthur Jacoby | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Partner | Andree Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Buffalo SC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Donald Jacoby was an American ice dancer. With partner and wife Andree Anderson, he was the 1958 and 1959 U.S. national champion.[1] They were the 1959 World silver medalists and the 1958 World bronze medalist.[2]
The Jacobys turned professional in 1959 in order to tour with Holiday On Ice.[3]
He was posthumously inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1997.
Results
Ice Dance
(with Virginia Hoyns)
Event | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
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North American Championships | 2nd | ||
U.S. Championships | 2nd | 2nd |
(with Andree Anderson)
Event | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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World Championships | 3rd | 2nd | |
North American Championships | 2nd | ||
U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
References
- ^ "Past U.S. Champions - Senior" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships - Dance" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ "People", Skating magazine, November 1959