Dianne de Leeuw

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Olympic medal record
Figure skating
Silver 1976 Innsbruck Ladies' singles

Dianne de Leeuw (born November 19, 1955 in the Orange, California, USA) is a Dutch figure skater.

Despite having been born in the U.S. and spending most of her time there as well, but having a Dutch mother, Dianne de Leeuw skated for the Netherlands.

Dianne de Leeuw became a European champion in 1976, World champion in 1975 and Olympic silver medallist in 1976. Her main rivals were Dorothy Hamill and Christine Errath.

She was voted the female athlete of the Netherlands in 1975. She was also flag carrier at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games for the Netherlands.

De Leeuw is currently a figure skating coach at Westminster Ice Palace in Westminster, California.

[edit] Results

Event/Season 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
European Championships 19th 9th 6th 2nd 2nd 1st
World Championships - 17th 15th 3rd 1st 3rd
Winter Olympics - 16th - - - 2nd

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World champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

1906–07: Madge Syers-Cave · 1908–11: Lily Kronberger · 1912–14: Opika von Méray Horváth · 1922–26: Herma Szabo · 1927–36: Sonja Henie · 1937: Cecilia Colledge · 1938–39: Megan Taylor · 1947–48: Barbara Ann Scott · 1949–50: Alena Vrzáňová · 1951: Jeannette Altwegg · 1952: Jacqueline du Bief · 1953: Tenley Albright · 1954: Gundi Busch · 1955: Tenley Albright · 1956–60: Carol Heiss · 1962–64: Sjoukje Dijkstra · 1965: Petra Burka · 1966–68: Peggy Fleming · 1969–70: Gabriele Seyfert · 1971–72: Beatrix Schuba · 1973: Karen Magnussen · 1974: Christine Errath · 1975: Dianne de Leeuw · 1976: Dorothy Hamill · 1977: Linda Fratianne · 1978: Anett Pötzsch · 1979: Linda Fratianne · 1980: Anett Pötzsch · 1981: Denise Biellmann · 1982: Elaine Zayak · 1983: Rosalynn Sumners · 1984–85: Katarina Witt · 1986: Debi Thomas · 1987–88: Katarina Witt · 1989: Midori Ito · 1990: Jill Trenary · 1991–92: Kristi Yamaguchi · 1993: Oksana Baiul · 1994: Yuka Sato · 1995: Chen Lu · 1996: Michelle Kwan · 1997: Tara Lipinski · 1998: Michelle Kwan · 1999: Maria Butyrskaya · 2000–01: Michelle Kwan · 2002: Irina Slutskaya · 2003: Michelle Kwan · 2004: Shizuka Arakawa · 2005: Irina Slutskaya · 2006: Kimmie Meissner · 2007: Miki Ando · 2008: Mao Asada
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European champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

1930: Fritzi Burger · 1931–1936: Sonja Henie · 1937–1939: Cecilia Colledge · 1947–1948: Barbara Ann Scott · 1949: Eva Pawlik · 1950: Alena Vrzáňová · 1951: Jeannette Altwegg · 1952: Jeannette Altwegg · 1953: Valda Osborn · 1954: Gundi Busch · 1955: Hanna Eigel · 1956: Ingrid Wendl · 1957: Hanna Eigel · 1958: Ingrid Wendl · 1959: Hanna Walter · 1960–1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra · 1965–1966: Regine Heitzer · 1967: Gabriele Seyfert · 1968: Hana Mašková · 1969–1970: Gabriele Seyfert · 1971–1972: Beatrix Schuba · 1973–1975: Christine Errath · 1976: Dianne de Leeuw · 1977–1980: Anett Pötzsch · 1981: Denise Biellmann · 1982: Claudia Kristofics-Binder · 1983–1988: Katarina Witt · 1989: Claudia Leistner · 1990: Evelyn Großmann · 1991–1995: Surya Bonaly · 1996–1997: Irina Slutskaya · 1998–1999: Maria Butyrskaya · 2000–2001: Irina Slutskaya · 2002: Maria Butyrskaya · 2003: Irina Slutskaya · 2004: Júlia Sebestyén · 2005–2006: Irina Slutskaya · 2007–2008: Carolina Kostner


Awards
Preceded by
Enith Brigitha		 Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
1975		 Succeeded by
Keetie van Oosten
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Persondata
NAME de Leeuw, Dianne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Dutch figure skater and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Orange, California, USA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH