Val Bezic

Val Bezic
Full nameVal Nicholas Bezic
Born (1952-12-08) December 8, 1952 (age 71)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Canada
Skating clubTCS & CC
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Pairs' Figure skating
North American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Peterborough Pairs

Val Nicholas Bezic (born December 8, 1952) is a Canadian pair skater. With his sister Sandra Bezic, he won the Canadian Figure Skating Championships from 1970–1974 and placed ninth at the 1972 Winter Olympics. They were a five-time national champion in pairs and came in fifth place at the 1974 Worlds Championships.[1] He is of Croatian descent.

Results

Pair skating with Sandra Bezic

International
Event 68–69 69–70 70–71 71–72 72–73 73–74
Winter Olympics 9th
World Championships 14th 9th 8th 6th 5th
North American Champ. 5th 3rd
International St. Gervais 1st
National
Canadian Champ. 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st

Literature

  • Eterovich, Adam S. Croatia at the Olympics, 1890s-1980s (!?!). // CROWN – Croatian World Network, [Bach, Nenad N. (ed.)], ISSN 1847-3911, 08/3/2004, Retrieved 2010-02-17

References

  1. ^ Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.


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