Hugh Graham
Full nameHugh C. Graham, Jr
HometownTulsa, Oklahoma
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States
Medal record
Representing United States
Pairs' Figure skating
North American Championships
Silver medal – second place 1953 ClevelandPairs

Hugh C. Graham, Jr is an American figure skater.

He competed as a singles skater and as a pair skater with his sister, Margaret Anne Graham. After his competitive career ended, he spent from 1986 to 1989 as the President of the United States Figure Skating Association.[1] Graham was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004.[1][2]

Graham graduated Harvard University in 1955,[3] during which he was a member of the Skating Club of Boston,[4] and then he graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1959.[5] He practiced as a pediatrician in Tulsa, Oklahoma for several decades before retiring.[5]

Results

Men's singles

Event 1955
World Championships10th
U.S. Championships3rd[6]

Pairs

(with Margaret Anne Graham)

Event 1953 1954
World Championships5th
North American Championships3rd
U.S. Championships2nd2nd[6]

References

  1. 1 2 (9 January 2004). Six Individuals Inducted Into U.S. Hall of Fame, U.S. Figure Skating website, Retrieved December 21, 2010
  2. ↑ "U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame". www.worldskatingmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Harvard Olympians". Harvard. Archived from the original on 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  4. ↑ "The Skating Club of Boston - Boston, MA". Alignable. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  5. 1 2 "GRAHAM, HUGH CORNELIUS JR - Licensee Information - Oklahoma Medical Board". www.okmedicalboard.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  6. 1 2 Berman, Alice. Skater's Edge Sourcebook: Ice Skating Resource Guide, p.121, 125 (2d 1998) (ISBN 978-0964302716)
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