Debbi Wilkes

Debbi Wilkes
Debbi Wilkes

Wilkes in November 2009
Personal information
Country represented  Canada
Born December 16, 1946 (1946-12-16) (age 64)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Former partner Guy Revell

Debbi Wilkes (born December 16, 1946 in Toronto) is a Canadian former pair skater. Competing with Guy Revell, she captured two Canadian titles, the 1963 North American Championship, and won the bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Wilkes was 6 years younger than her partner and had not yet started to grow when they were paired.[1] By 1963, when she was 17 years old, Wilkes was 5'5" and an inch taller than Revell.[2]

Wilkes and Revell had to withdraw from the 1963 World Figure Skating Championships when Wilkes fell from a lift while posing for press photographs prior to the event. She hit the ice head-first and fractured her skull.[1]

They split after the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships when Revell turned professional, joining Ice Capades. Wilkes wanted to pursue an education rather than go on tour.[1]

In 1966, Wilkes and Revell were advised that the second-place pair in Innsbruck, Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, had been disqualified after an International Olympic Committee investigation found they had signed pro contracts before the Winter Games. IOC executive James Worrall presented Wilkes and Revell with the silver medals during the Canadian championships in Peterborough, Ont. Later, Kilius and Baumler were reinstated in the record books, but the medals were never redistributed.[1]

After her competitive career ended, Wilkes went on to become a television skating analyst. She has also continued her involvement in figure skating as an author, coach and most recently as Skate Canada’s Director of Marketing and Sponsorship.

Results

pairs with Guy Revell

Event 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Winter Olympic Games 3rd
World Championships 11th 4th 3rd
North American Championships 5th 3rd 1st
Canadian Championships 1st J. 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st

References

  1. ^ a b c d Debbi Wilkes, Ice Time, ISBN 0-13-185117-9
  2. ^ "1963 North American, U.S., and Canadian Champions", Skating magazine, May 1963



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