Diane Sherbloom

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diane Carol "Dee Dee" Sherbloom (died February 15, 1961) was a American figure skater who competed in ice dance. Previously paired with Roger Campbell, she had no intentions of competing at the 1961 United States Figure Skating Championships, until a twist of fate brought partner Larry Pierce her way. Pierce's previous partner, Marilyn Meeker, suffered an injury shortly before the championships that made her unable to compete, and Pierce persuaded Sherbloom to join forces with him. The newly formed pair went on to win the gold medal at Nationals and followed that up with a fourth place finish at the North American Figure Skating Championships.

Pierce and Sherbloom were en route to the World Championships in 1961 when their plane (Sabena Flight 548) crashed near Brussels, Belgium, killing all on board. She was 18 at the time of her death.

[edit] External links

U.S. Figure Skating biography

Remembering Flight 548: Shattered dreams

[edit] Navigation

United States national champions in figure skating – Ice Dancing

1936: Marjorie Parker / Joseph Savage | 1937-1938: Nettie Prantell / Harold Hartshorne | 1939-1941: Sandy MacDonald / Harold Hartshorne | 1942: Edith Whetstone / A.L. Richards | 1943-1944: Marcella May / James Lochead | 1945: Kathe Mehl Williams / Robert Swenning | 1946: Anne Davies / Carleton Hoffner | 1947-1949: Lois Waring / Walter Bainbridge | 1950: Lois Waring / Michael McGean | 1951: Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | 1952: Lois Waring / Michael McGean | 1953: Carol Ann Peters / Daniel Ryan | 1954-1955: Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel | 1956: Joan Zamboni / Roland Junso | 1957: Sharon McKenzie / Bert Wright | 1958-1959: Andree Anderson / Donald Jacoby | 1960: Margie Ackles / Charles Phillips | 1961: Diane Sherbloom / Larry Pierce | 1962: Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts | 1963: Sally Schantz / Stanley Urban | 1964: Darleen Streich / Charles Fetter | 1965-1966: Kristin Fortune / Dennis Sveum | 1967: Lorna Dyer / John Carrell | 1968-1972: Judy Schwomeyer / James Sladky | 1973: Mary Campbell / Johnny Johns | 1974-1976: Colleen O'Connor / Jim Millns | 1977: Judi Genovese / Kent Weigle | 1978-1980: Stacey Smith / John Summers | 1981-1985: Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert | 1986: Renee Roca / Donald Adair | 1987-1988: Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory | 1989-1990: Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar | 1991: Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | 1992: April Sargent Thomas / Russ Witherby | 1993: Renee Roca / Gorsha Sur | 1994: Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | 1995: Renee Roca / Gorsha Sur | 1996-1998: Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow | 1999-2003: Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev | 2004-2007: Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto


This article on a United States figure skater is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../d/i/a/Diane_Sherbloom_7f05.html"