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Walter Bainbridge
Full name	Walter H. Bainbridge, Jr.
Other names	Red
Born	(1930-05-05)May 5, 1930 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Died	September 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 1949 Philadelphia Ice dancing 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. 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. He was inducted into the Professional Skaters Association Hall of Fame in 2009.

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

Results

(with Waring)

Notes

1. "Profiles in Time - CS &G Biographies: Walter Bainbridge", NOAA History (website) (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
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
5. "Walter H. "Red" Bainbridge Jr. Obituary 2024". Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory LTD. Retrieved 2024-10-24.

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