Guy Owen

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Guy Owen
Personal information
Country represented  Canada
Born (1913-08-22)August 22, 1913
Died April 21, 1952(1952-04-21) (aged 38)

Guy Owen (August 22, 1913 – April 21, 1952) was a Canadian figure skating champion.

Guy Rochon Owen initially competed in the men's individual figure skating event, winning the1929 Canadian junior men's singles championship. He went on to specialize in the "Fours Event" with great success. For five straight years between 1933 and 1937, Owen and his skating partners Margaret Davis, Prudence Holbrook, and Melville Rogers won the Fours Event at the Canadian National Figure Skating Championships plus they also captured the bi-annual North American Figure Skating Championship three successive times in 1933, 1935, and 1937.

In 1938 Guy Owen married Maribel Vinson, nine-time United States ladies figure skating champion, and settled in Berkeley, California. They had two daughters, Maribel Owen (1940–1961) and Laurence Rochon Owen (1944–1961).

Guy and Maribel Owen turned professional, earning a living as performers with ice skating shows such as the International Ice Skate Revue before setting up their own show.

Guy Owen died of a perforated ulcer on April 21, 1952.[1] (His wife and daughters died in the 1961 Sabena 548 plane crash, which killed the U.S. figure-skating team.)

Results

Mens singles

Event 1929
Canadian Championships 1st J.

Fours

(with Margaret Davis, Prudence Holbrook, and Melville Rogers)

Event 1933 1935 1937
North American Championships 1st 1st 1st

(with Frances Claudet, Kathleen Lopdell, and Melville Rogers)

Event 1931
North American Championships 1st

Footnotes

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See also


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