David Jenkins (figure skater)

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Olympic medal record
Men's figure skating
Bronze 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Singles
Gold 1960 Squaw Valley Singles

David Wilkinson Jenkins (born June 29, 1936 in Akron, Ohio), an American figure skater, won the men's gold medal for figure skating during the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. David Jenkins had led the world in men's skating for 4 years, following the four-year lead of his older brother, figure skater Hayes Alan Jenkins. Together, the 2 Jenkins brothers led the world in men's figure skating for 8 consecutive years, and both men became Olympic champions.


[edit] Competitive highlights

Event 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Winter Olympics 3rd 1st
World Championships 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st
U.S. Championships 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st

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Olympic champions in figure skating – Men's singles

1908: Ulrich Salchow | 1920: Gillis Grafström | 1924: Gillis Grafström | 1928: Gillis Grafström | 1932: Karl Schäfer | 1936: Karl Schäfer | 1948: Dick Button | 1952: Dick Button | 1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1960: David Jenkins | 1964: Manfred Schnelldorfer | 1968: Wolfgang Schwarz | 1972: Ondrej Nepela | 1976: John Curry | 1980: Robin Cousins | 1984: Scott Hamilton | 1988: Brian Boitano | 1992: Viktor Petrenko | 1994: Alexei Urmanov | 1998: Ilia Kulik | 2002: Alexei Yagudin | 2006: Evgeni Plushenko
World champions in figure skating – Men's singles

1896: Gilbert Fuchs | 1897: Gustav Hügel | 1898: Henning Grenander | 1899-1900: Gustav Hügel | 1901-1905: Ulrich Salchow | 1906: Gilbert Fuchs | 1907-1911: Ulrich Salchow | 1912-1913: Fritz Kachler | 1914: Gosta Sandahl | 1922: Gillis Grafström | 1923: Fritz Kachler | 1924: Gillis Grafström | 1925-1928: Willy Böckl | 1929: Gillis Grafström | 1930-1936: Karl Schäfer | 1937-1938: Felix Kaspar | 1939: Graham Sharp | 1947: Hans Gerschwiler | 1948-1952: Richard Button | 1953-1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1957-1959: David Jenkins | 1960: Alain Giletti | 1962: Donald Jackson | 1963: Donald McPherson | 1964: Manfred Schnelldorfer | 1965: Alain Calmat | 1966-1968: Emmerich Danzer | 1969-1970: Tim Wood | 1971-1973: Ondrej Nepela | 1974: Jan Hoffmann | 1975: Sergey Volkov | 1976: John Curry | 1977: Vladimir Kovalev | 1978: Charles Tickner | 1979: Vladimir Kovalev | 1980: Jan Hoffmann | 1981-1984: Scott Hamilton | 1985: Alexander Fadeev | 1986: Brian Boitano | 1987: Brian Orser | 1988: Brian Boitano | 1989-1991: Kurt Browning | 1992: Viktor Petrenko | 1993: Kurt Browning | 1994-1995: Elvis Stojko | 1996: Todd Eldredge | 1997: Elvis Stojko | 1998-2000: Alexei Yagudin | 2001: Evgeni Plushenko | 2002: Alexei Yagudin | 2003-2004: Evgeni Plushenko | 2005-2006: Stéphane Lambiel
North American champions in figure skating – Men's singles

1923: Sherwin Badger | 1925-1927: Melville Rogers | 1929-1939: Montgomery Wilson | 1941: Ralph McCreath | 1947-1951: Dick Button | 1953-1955: Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1957: David Jenkins | 1959-1961: Donald Jackson | 1963: Donald McPherson | 1965: Gary Visconti | 1967: Donald Knight | 1969: Tim Wood | 1971: John Misha Petkevich
Persondata
NAME Jenkins, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jenkins, David Wilkinson
SHORT DESCRIPTION United States figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Akron, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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