Donald Jacoby | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Donald Arthur Jacoby | ||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
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. They were the 1959 World silver medalists and the 1958 World bronze medalist.
The Jacobys turned professional in 1959 in order to tour with Holiday On Ice.
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).
- "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
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