Robert Paul
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- This article is about the Canadian figure skater. For the Zimbabwean painter, see Robert Paul (painter).
| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Figure skating | |||
| Gold | 1960 Squaw Valley | Pairs | |
Robert Paul (b. June 2, 1937) was a Canadian figure skater, and he competed in pairs with Barbara Wagner. From their start as a team in 1952, they captured five Canadian titles and four world titles, and capped their career by winning the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
After skating as a professional, Paul went on to be a choreographer for skaters Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, and Linda Fratianne.
[edit] Competitive highlights
(with Wagner)
| Event/Season | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
| Canadian Championships | - | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| North American Championships | 3rd | - | 1st | - | 1st | - |
| World Championships | - | - | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Winter Olympics | - | 6th | - | - | - | 1st |
[edit] Navigation
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1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1920: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1928: Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1936: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1964: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1976: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1984: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1998: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev | 2002: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze and Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2006: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin |
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1923: Dorothy Jenkins / A.G. McClennan | 1925: Theresa Weld / Nathaniel Niles | 1927: Marion McDougall / Chauncey Bangs | 1929-1933: Constance Wilson-Samuel / Montgomery Wilson | 1935: Maribel Vinson / George Hill | 1937: Veronica Clarke / Ralph McCreath | 1939: Joan Tozzer / Bernard Fox | 1941: Eleanor O'Meara / Ralph McCreath | 1947: Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Distelmeyer | 1949-1951: Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 1953-1955: Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden | 1957-1959: Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | 1961: Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek | 1963: Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell | 1965: Vivan Joseph / Ronald Joseph | 1967-1969: Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman | 1971: JoJo Starbuck / Ken Shelley |
| Preceded by Lucile Wheeler |
(with Barbara Wagner) Lou Marsh Trophy winner 1959 |
Succeeded by Anne Heggtveit |
