Guy Revell

Olympic medal record
Figure Skating
Competitor for Canada
Bronze	1964 Innsbruck	Pairs

Guy Revell
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1941-08-02)August 2, 1941 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	March 11, 1981(1981-03-11) (aged 39)
Former partner	Debbi Wilkes
Medal record Competitor for Canada Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games Bronze 1964 Innsbruck Pairs World Championships Bronze 1964 Dortmund Pairs North American Championships Gold 1963 Vancouver Pairs Bronze 1961 Philadelphia Pairs

Guy Revell (August 2, 1941 – March 11, 1981) was a Canadian figure skater. He competed in pairs with Debbi Wilkes. The couple captured two Canadian titles, the 1963 North American Championship, and won the bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Revell was 6 years older than his partner, who had not yet started to grow when they were paired. By 1963, Wilkes was 5'5" to Revell's 5'4".

They had to withdraw from the 1963 World Figure Skating Championships when Wilkes fell from a lift while posing for press photographs prior to the event. She hit the ice head-first and fractured her skull.

Wilkes and Revell split after the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships. Revell joined the Ice Capades and had a long career skating professionally with Gertrude Desjardins.

In 1966, Wilkes and Revell were advised that the second-place pair in Innsbruck, Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler had been disqualified after an International Olympic Committee investigation found they had signed pro contracts before the Winter Games. IOC executive James Worrall presented Wilkes and Revell with the silver medals during the Canadian championships in Peterborough, Ont. Later, Kilius and Baumler were reinstated in the record books, but the medals were never redistributed.

Revell, who had relatively little formal education, had difficulty adjusting to life after his performing career ended, and suffered from serious emotional problems. He committed suicide in 1981.

Results

pairs with Debbi Wilkes

Event	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
Winter Olympic Games						3rd
World Championships		11th		4th		3rd
North American Championships	5th		3rd		1st
Canadian Championships	1st J.	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st