Kenneth Shelley is an American figure skater who competed in both singles and pairs. As a single skater, he won the 1972 United States Figure Skating Championships and placed 4th at the 1972 Winter Olympics. His highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was a single skater was 7th, in 1972. As a pair skater, he competed with JoJo Starbuck, with whom he is a three-time National Champion. Starbuck and Shelley competed in two Olympic Games, placing 13th in 1968 and 4th in 1972, and won two bronze medals at the World Figure Skating Championships. When they made the 1968 Olympic team, they were the youngest athletes the United States had ever sent to the Olympics.[1]
Shelley was coached by John Nicks. After retiring from competitive skating, Starbuck and Shelley skated in the Ice Capades and competed professionally. Shelley was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1994.[2]
Results
Mens singles
Event 1970 1971 1972Winter Olympics 4th
World Championships 8th 8th 7th
North American Championships 3rd
U.S. Championships 3rd 2nd 1st
Pairs
(with JoJo Starbuck)
Event 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972Winter Olympic Games 13th 4th
World Championships 11th 6th 5th 3rd 3rd
North American Championships 2nd 1st
U.S. Championships 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st
References
- ^ International Figure Skating Forum > American Icons To Be Honored by Ice Theatre of New York
- ^ Official Site World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame
- Pairs on Ice profile
- Skatabase: 1960s Olympics Pairs
- Skatabase: 1970s Olympic Pairs
- Skatabase: 1970s Olympics Men
- Skatabase: 1970s Worlds Pairs
- Skatabase: 1970s Worlds Men
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 • 2007–2008: Evan Lysacek • 2009–2010: Jeremy Abbott
1914: Jeanne Chevalier & Norman M. Scott • 1918: Theresa Weld & Nathaniel Niles • 1920-27: Theresa Weld & Nathaniel Niles • 1928-29: Maribel Vinson & Thornton Coolidge • 1930-32: Beatrix Loughran & Sherwin Badger • 1933: Maribel Vinson & George Hill • 1934: Grace Madden & J. Lester Madden • 1935-37: Maribel Vinson & George Hill • 1938-40: Joan Tozzer & Bernard Fox • 1941: Donna Atwood & Eugene Turner • 1942-44: Doris Schubach & Walter Noffke • 1945-46: Donna J. Pospisil & Jean-Pierre Brunet • 1947: Yvonne Sherman & Robert Swenning • 1948-52: Karol Kennedy & Peter Kennedy • 1953-56: Carole Ormaca & Robin Greiner • 1957-60: Nancy Ludington & Ronald Ludington • 1961: Maribel Owen & Dudley Richards • 1962: Dorothyann Nelson & Pieter Kollen • 1963-64: Judianne Fotheringill & Jerry Fotheringill • 1965: Vivian Joseph & Ronald Joseph • 1966-69: Cynthia Kauffman & Ronald Kauffman • 1970-72: JoJo Starbuck & Kenneth Shelley • 1973: Melissa Militano & Mark Militano • 1974-75: Melissa Militano & Johnny Johns • 1976-80: Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner • 1981-84: Kitty Carruthers & Peter Carruthers • 1985: Jill Watson & Peter Oppegard • 1986: Gillian Wachsman & Todd Waggoner • 1987-88: Jill Watson & Peter Oppegard • 1989-90: Kristi Yamaguchi & Rudy Galindo • 1991: Natasha Kuchiki & Todd Sand • 1992-93: Calla Urbanski & Rocky Marval • 1994-96: Jenni Meno & Todd Sand • 1997-98: Kyoko Ina & Jason Dungjen • 1999: Danielle Hartsell & Stephen Hartsell • 2000-02: Kyoko Ina & John Zimmerman • 2003: Tiffany Scott & Philip Dulebohn • 2004: Rena Inoue & John Baldwin • 2005: Katie Orscher & Garrett Lucash • 2006: Rena Inoue & John Baldwin • 2007: Brooke Castile & Benjamin Okolski • 2008-09: Keauna McLaughlin & Rockne Brubaker • 2010: Caydee Denney & Jeremy Barrett
1923: Dorothy Jenkins & A.G. McClennan · 1925: Theresa Weld & Nathaniel Niles · 1927: Marion McDougall & Chauncey Bangs · 1929–33: Constance Wilson-Samuel & Montgomery Wilson · 1935: Maribel Vinson & George Hill · 1937: Veronica Clarke & Ralph McCreath · 1939: Joan Tozzer & Bernard Fox · 1941: Eleanor O'Meara & Ralph McCreath · 1947: Suzanne Morrow & Wallace Diestelmeyer · 1949–51: Karol Kennedy & Peter Kennedy · 1953–55: Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden · 1957–59: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul · 1961: Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek · 1963: Debbi Wilkes & Guy Revell · 1965: Vivian Joseph & Ronald Joseph · 1967–69: Cynthia Kauffman & Ronald Kauffman · 1971: JoJo Starbuck & Kenneth Shelley
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