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Tim Wood: World, US, North American Skating Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist
Tim Wood - World Figure Skating Champion, US Figure Skating Champion, North American Figure Skating Champion, and Olympic Silver Medalist
Courtesy Tim Wood
Tim Wood won the
World Figure Skating Championships two times. He also won the silver medal in men's figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympic Games which took place in Grenoble, France. In addition, he won the United States Men's figure skating title three times and was the 1969 North American Figure Skating Champion.
Some highlights of Wood's competition record are as follows:
- 1962: US National Novice Men's Champion
- 1963: US National Junior Men Bronze Medalist
- 1964: US National Junior Men's Champion
- 1965: US National Senior Men Bronze Medalist
- 1967: US National Senior Men Bronze Medalist
- 1968, 1969, 1970: US National Men's Champion
- 1968 World Figure Skating Silver Medalist
- 1969 and 1970: World Figure Skating Champion
- 1969: North American Champion
- 1968: Olympic Figure Skating Silver Medalist
The above photo of Tim Wood was taken shortly after the 1968 Olympics and appeared in LIFE Magazine.
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