Hayes Alan Jenkins
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Men's singles | |
Hayes Alan Jenkins (born March 23, 1933 in Akron, Ohio), an American figure skater, led men's skating for 4 years, 1953-56. He won four consecutive World Figure Skating Championships from 1953 to 1956. He also won the gold medal in the 1956 Winter Olympics, after placing 4th in the 1952 Winter Olympics. His brother David Jenkins won the gold in 1960. Jenkins later married Carol Heiss, the 1956 Olympic silver medalist and and the 1960 Olympic gold medalist.
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |
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| Olympic Games | 4th | 1st | ||||||
| World Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| North American Championships | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| U.S. Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
[edit] Navigation
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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 |
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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 |
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1914: Norman M. Scott | 1918: Nathaniel Niles | 1920-1924: Sherwin Badger | 1925: Nathaniel Niles | 1926: Chris Christenson | 1927: Nathaniel Niles | 1928-1934: Roger Turner | 1935-1939: Robin Lee | 1940-1941: Eugene Turner | 1942: Bobby Specht | 1943: Arthur Vaughn Jr. | 1946-1952: Dick Button | 1953-1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1957-1960: David Jenkins | 1961: Bradley Lord | 1962: Monty Hoyt | 1963: Thomas Litz | 1964: Scott Allen | 1965: Gary Visconti | 1966: Scott Allen | 1967: Gary Visconti | 1968-1970: Tim Wood | 1971: John Misha Petkevich | 1972: Kenneth Shelley | 1973-1975: Gordon McKellen, Jr. | 1976: Terry Kubicka | 1977-1980: Charles Tickner | 1981-1984: Scott Hamilton | 1985-1988: Brian Boitano | 1989: Christopher Bowman | 1990-1991: Todd Eldredge | 1992: Christopher Bowman | 1993-1994: Scott Davis | 1995: Todd Eldredge | 1996: Rudy Galindo | 1997-1998: Todd Eldredge | 1999-2000: Michael Weiss | 2001: Timothy Goebel | 2002: Todd Eldredge | 2003: Michael Weiss | 2004-2006: Johnny Weir | 2007: Evan Lysacek |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Jenkins, Hayes Alan |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | United States figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Akron, Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
