Barbara Berezowski

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Barbara Berezowski
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1954-09-05) September 5, 1954
Partner	David Porter
Coach	Marijane Stong
Retired	1983

Barbara Berezowski (born September 5, 1954 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner David Porter, she won two gold medals at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics.^[1] From 1994 through 2008, she served as Founding Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame. She was inducted into their athlete category in 1999.

Berezowski / Porter retired from amateur competition in 1976 and then performed in ice shows, including Toller Cranston's The Ice Show and later Ice Follies.^[2]

Competitive highlights

(with Porter)

International
Event	1970–71	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74	1974–75	1975–76
Winter Olympic Games						10th
World Championships			15th	15th	9th	7th
Skate Canada International					4th	2nd
National
Canadian Championships	5th	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st

1971

Junior Canadian Champions - 1st -Winnipeg, Manitoba

1972

Lake Placid Invitational Championships - 1st -New York, USA

1973 1974

Moscow Invitational Championships - 5th - Moscow, USSR - named "Miss Charm on Ice"

1975

Moscow Invitational Championships - 5th - Moscow, USSR - named "Miss Charm on Ice" second time

1976

Prestige Cutlery Awards - 3rd - London, England
Berezowski / Porter became first ice dancers in the world to become Olympians.
Selected as "Miss Olympics" - at 1976 Winter Olympic Games, Innsbruck, Austria by world journalists
Berezowski also won the title of "Miss Toronto" 1975-1976 and was a Finalist in the 1976 Miss Canada Beauty Pageant

Professional career

1976-1977 Berezowski / Porter turned professional and toured with Toller Cranston's "The Ice Show"
1977 World Professional Dance Champions - 1st Jaca, Spain
1978-1980 Toured with Ice Follies.
1982 Headlined in Professional Ice Show in "Stars on Ice" Seoul, Korea
1999 Performed in "Legendary Night of Figure Skating" celebrating Canadian figure skating champions, Air Canada Centre, Toronto Canada

References

↑ Olympic results
↑ Elfman, Lois (March 28, 2013). "Olympian Berezowski shares winning philosophy". IceNetwork.

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Canadian champions in figure skating – Ice Dancing

1947: Margaret Roberts / Bruce Hyland
1948: Suzanne Morrow / Wallace Diestelmeyer
1949: Joyce Perkins / Bruce Hyland
1950–1951: Pierrette Paquin / Donald Tobin
1952: Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden
1953: Frances Abbott / David Ross
1954: Doreen Leech / Norman Walker
1955–1956: Lindis Johnston / Jeffrey Johnston
1957–1959: Geraldine Fenton / William McLachlan
1960–1962: Virginia Thompson / William McLachlan
1963–1964: Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby
1965–1966: Carole Forrest / Kevin Lethbridge
1967–1968: Joni Graham / Don Phillips
1969: Donna Taylor / Bruce Lennie
1970: Mary Church / David Sutton
1971–1972: Louise Lind / Barry Soper
1973–1974: Louise Soper / Barry Soper
1975–1976: Barbara Berezowski / David Porter
1977: Susan Carscallen / Eric Gillies
1978–1980: Lorna Wighton / John Dowding
1981: Marie McNeil / Rob McCall
1982–1988: Tracy Wilson / Rob McCall
1989: Karyn Garossino / Rod Garossino
1990: Jo-Anne Borlase / Martin Smith
1991: Michelle McDonald / Martin Smith
1992: Jacqueline Petr / Mark Janoschak
1993–1999: Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz
2000: Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon
2001–2003: Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz
2004–2007: Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon
2008–2010: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
2011: Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier
2012-2014: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir

Persondata
Name	Berezowski, Barbara
Alternative names
Short description	Figure skater
Date of birth	September 5, 1954
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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