Dorothy Greenhough-Smith
Appearance
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith | |
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Born | 27 September 1882 |
Died | 9 May 1965 | (aged 82)
Figure skating career | |
Country | ![]() |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Ladies Figure skating | ||
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1908 London | Ladies' singles |
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith (27 September 1882 – 9 May 1965) was a British figure skater.
She was the daughter of writer James Edward Preston Muddock, and married publisher/editor Herbert Greenhough Smith[1] in 1900.
Greenhough-Smith won the bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics where figure skating was contested. She was the 1912 World silver medalist, which was the first silver medal in ladies skating for Great Britain (Madge Syers having won the silver in men's singles). She never competed at the European Figure Skating Championships because the ladies event was not added to the program until 1930.
Away from the ice, she also played tennis at Wimbledon.[citation needed]
Competitive highlights
Event | 1906 | 1908 | 1911 | 1912 |
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Summer Olympic Games | 3rd | |||
World Championships | 5th | 2nd | ||
British Championships | 1st | 1st |
References
- ^ his Times obituary mentions her skating prowess
Categories:
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- Figure skaters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters of Great Britain
- British female single skaters
- Olympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- 1882 births
- 1965 deaths
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
- British figure skating biography stubs
- British Olympic medallist stubs