Dudley Richards
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Born | Dudley Shaw Richards (1932-02-04)February 4, 1932 Providence, Rhode Island, United States | ||||||||||||||
Died | February 15, 1961(1961-02-15) (aged 29) Berg-Kampenhout, Flemish Brabant, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Partner | Maribel Y. Owen (former) | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | SC of Boston | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dudley "Dud" Shaw Richards (February 4, 1932 – February 15, 1961) was an American figure skater who competed in men's singles and pairs. In singles, he won the bronze medal at the 1953 United States Figure Skating Championships and finished sixth at that year's World Figure Skating Championships. In pairs, he once skated with future Olympic gold medalist Tenley Albright, before later teaming up with Maribel Owen. After winning the bronze medal at Nationals in 1958 and 1959, the pair captured the silver in 1960 and finished tenth at that year's Winter Olympic Games. In 1961, Owen and Richards won the gold medal at the U.S. Championships and finished second at the North American Figure Skating Championships.
Away from the ice, Richards was a graduate of Harvard University and had spent time in the Army. He was also a real estate executive and a longtime friend (and college roommate) of future Senator Ted Kennedy.
Richards was en route to the World Championships in 1961 when the plane he was on, Sabena Flight 548, crashed near Brussels, Belgium, killing all on board including the entire U.S. figure skating team. He was 29 at the time of his death.
Results
(men's singles)
Event | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
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World Championships | 5th | 5th | 6th |
U.S. Championships | 3rd |
(pairs with Maribel Owen)
Event | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Winter Olympics | 10th | |||
World Championships | 10th | |||
North American Championships | 2nd | |||
U.S. Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st |
External links
- U.S. Figure Skating biography
- Remembering Flight 548: Shattered dreams
- Dudley Richards at Find a Grave
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- 1914: Jeanne Chevalier & Norman M. Scott
- 1918: Theresa Weld & Nathaniel Niles
- 1920–27: Theresa Weld & Nathaniel Niles
- 1928–29: Maribel Vinson & Thornton Coolidge
- 1930–32: Beatrix Loughran & Sherwin Badger
- 1933: Maribel Vinson & George Hill
- 1934: Grace Madden & J. Lester Madden
- 1935–37: Maribel Vinson & George Hill
- 1938–40: Joan Tozzer & Bernard Fox
- 1941: Donna Atwood & Eugene Turner
- 1942–44: Doris Schubach & Walter Noffke
- 1945–46: Donna J. Pospisil & Jean-Pierre Brunet
- 1947: Yvonne Sherman & Robert Swenning
- 1948–52: Karol Kennedy & Peter Kennedy
- 1953–56: Carole Ormaca & Robin Greiner
- 1957–60: Nancy Ludington & Ronald Ludington
- 1961: Maribel Owen & Dudley Richards
- 1962: Dorothyann Nelson & Pieter Kollen
- 1963–64: Judianne Fotheringill & Jerry Fotheringill
- 1965: Vivian Joseph & Ronald Joseph
- 1966–69: Cynthia Kauffman & Ronald Kauffman
- 1970–72: JoJo Starbuck & Kenneth Shelley
- 1973: Melissa Militano & Mark Militano
- 1974–75: Melissa Militano & Johnny Johns
- 1976–80: Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner
- 1981–84: Kitty Carruthers & Peter Carruthers
- 1985: Jill Watson & Peter Oppegard
- 1986: Gillian Wachsman & Todd Waggoner
- 1987–88: Jill Watson & Peter Oppegard
- 1989–90: Kristi Yamaguchi & Rudy Galindo
- 1991: Natasha Kuchiki & Todd Sand
- 1992–93: Calla Urbanski & Rocky Marval
- 1994–96: Jenni Meno & Todd Sand
- 1997–98: Kyoko Ina & Jason Dungjen
- 1999: Danielle Hartsell & Steve Hartsell
- 2000–02: Kyoko Ina & John Zimmerman
- 2003: Tiffany Scott & Philip Dulebohn
- 2004: Rena Inoue & John Baldwin
- 2005: Katie Orscher & Garrett Lucash
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- 2007: Brooke Castile & Benjamin Okolski
- 2008–2009: Keauna McLaughlin & Rockne Brubaker
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- 2011: Caitlin Yankowskas & John Coughlin
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- 2016: Tarah Kayne & Daniel O'Shea
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- 2018: Alexa Knierim & Chris Knierim
- 2019: Ashley Cain-Gribble & Timothy LeDuc
- 2020: Alexa Knierim & Chris Knierim
- 2021: Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier
- 2022: Ashley Cain-Gribble & Timothy LeDuc
- 2023: Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier
- 2024: Ellie Kam & Daniel O'Shea
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