Walter Bainbridge

Walter Bainbridge
Full nameWalter H. Bainbridge, Jr.
Other namesRed
Born(1930-05-05)May 5, 1930
Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 2024(2024-09-22) (aged 94)
Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Figure skating career
Country United States
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Ice dancing
North American Championships
Gold medal – first place 1949 Philadelphia Ice dancing
Gold medal – first place 1947 Ottawa Ice dancing

Walter "Red" H. Bainbridge Jr. (May 5, 1930 – September 22, 2024) was an American figure skater. He began skating in Washington state, when his father, geologist Walter H. Bainbridge, was posted there between 1938 and 1945.[1][2] He competed in ice dance with Lois Waring. He was the national champion with Waring in 1947-1949 and North American Champion in 1947 and 1949.[3] He was inducted into the Professional Skaters Association Hall of Fame in 2009.[4]

Bainbridge died on September 22, 2024, at the age of 94.[5]

Results

(with Waring)

Event 1946 1947 1948 1949
North American Championships 1st 1st
U.S. Championships 2nd 1st 1st 1st

Notes

  1. ^ "Profiles in Time - CS &G Biographies: Walter Bainbridge", NOAA History (website) [1] (from The Personnel Panorama, Vol VI, No. 8, 9/1957)
  2. ^ "Sees Ice First Time, Skater Soon Champ", Hartford Courant, 4 Dec 1938, p.D3 [2]
  3. ^ "Washington FSC National Hall of Fame"
  4. ^ "PSA HONORS 'BEST OF THE BEST'" by Lynn Rutherford, U.S. Figure Skating Association (website) 8/7/09 [3]
  5. ^ "Walter H. "Red" Bainbridge Jr. Obituary 2024". Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory LTD. Retrieved 2024-10-24.