Karol Kennedy
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| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 14, 1932 Shelton, Washington, U.S. |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
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| Former partner | Peter Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karol Estelle Kennedy Kucher (February 14, 1932, in Shelton, Washington – June 25, 2004, in Seattle, Washington) was an American pair skater. With her brother, Peter, she won five U.S. Championship titles from 1948 to 1952. Known as "The Kennedy Kids," they won the World Championship in 1950, and the silver medal in the 1952 Winter Olympics.
Competitive highlights
(all with Peter)
| Event | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 6th | 2nd | |||||
| World Championships | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |
| North American Championships | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||||
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
Note: Peter Kennedy has also been credited as Michael Kennedy
- GoldenSkate: North American Figure Skating Championships: List of Champions
- Skatabase: 1948 Winter Olympics: Pairs Results
- Skatabase: 1952 Winter Olympics: Pairs Results
- Skatabase: 1940s Worlds: Pairs Results
- Skatabase: 1950s Worlds: Pairs Results
- Obituary from the USFSA
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- 1932 births
- 2004 deaths
- American female pair skaters
- Olympic figure skaters of the United States
- Figure skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- People from Mason County, Washington
- American figure skating biography stubs
