Jean Westwood (figure skater)

Jean Westwood
Full name	Jean Thomson Westwood
Born	1931[1] Manchester, England[1]
Died	26 July 2022 (aged 90–91)[2] British Columbia, Canada
Figure skating career
Country	United Kingdom
Partner	Lawrence Demmy
Retired	1955
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Representing  United Kingdom 1955 Vienna Ice dancing 1954 Oslo Ice dancing 1953 Davos Ice dancing 1952 Paris Ice dancing European Championships 1955 Budapest Ice dancing 1954 Bolzano Ice dancing

Jean Thomson Westwood (1931 – 26 July 2022) was a British ice dancer. With partner Lawrence Demmy, she was the World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 to 1955[3] (plus the unofficial trial event in 1951), and European Champion in its first two editions in 1954 and 1955.[4] They were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1977.

She later became an elite-level coach in the United States and Canada (she had switched national teams, via a spell as skating director of the Ice Follies touring show, prior to the 1961 Sabena Flight 548 aviation disaster in which several former students and colleagues were killed).[1] She was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame for her coaching services in 1997.[1]^[better source needed][2][5]

The Scottish long jumper Alix Jamieson (1964 Summer Olympics) was her second cousin.

Results

(with Lawrence Demmy)

Event	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955
World Championships	1st*	1st	1st	1st	1st
European Championships				1st	1st
British Championships	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st

References

1. Interview With Jean Westwood, Skate Guard, 7 February 2015
2. Skate Canada celebrates Jean Westwood, Skate Canada, August 4, 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022
3. "ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009.
4. "ISU Official Results: European Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2013.
5. Jean Westwood Obituary, British Ice Skating, 30 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022