Mary Rose Thacker
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| Full name | Mary Rose Thacker | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 9, 1922 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 1983 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Winnipeg Winter Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1942 | |||||||||||||||||
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Mary Rose Thacker (April 9, 1922 – July 1983) is a former Canadian singles figure skater and is a three-time (1939, 1941–1942) national and two-time (1939 and 1941) North American champion. She began skating at the Winnipeg skating club at the age of three years. At 16 years old in 1939 she won both the national and North American titles. She retired as a competitive skater in 1942 and became a coach. She started a skating school in British Columbia in 1947 and trained skaters for the next 35 years. She was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame as an athlete in 1995. She is also a member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.
Results
| Event | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 |
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| North American Championships | 1st | 1st | ||
| Canadian Championships | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
References
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