David Jenkins (figure skater)

David Jenkins (figure skater)
David Jenkins
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born June 29, 1936 (1936-06-29) (age 75)
Skating club Broadmoor SC
Retired 1960
Olympic medal record
Men's figure skating
Competitor for United States
Bronze 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Singles
Gold 1960 Squaw Valley Singles

David Wilkinson Jenkins (born June 29, 1936 in Akron, Ohio), is an American figure skater. He won the men's gold medal for figure skating during the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. David Jenkins had led the world in men's skating for four years, following the four-year lead of his older brother, figure skater Hayes Alan Jenkins.

Jenkins was known as an especially strong jumper for his time. There exists video of him performing a triple axel jump in a 1957 exhibition, 21 years before that jump was landed for the first time in competition.[1]

Following the 1960 Olympics, Jenkins declined to compete at the 1960 World Figure Skating Championships. Instead, he turned professional, taking a leave of absence from his studies at Case Western Reserve Medical School to appear in Ice Follies.[2]

Competitive highlights

Event 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Winter Olympics 3rd 1st
World Championships 4th 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st
North American Championships 2nd 1st
U.S. Championships 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "News About Skaters", Skating magazine, November 1960
v · d · eOlympic champions in figure skating – Men's singles
v · d · eWorld champions in figure skating – Men's singles

1896: Gilbert Fuchs • 1897: Gustav Hügel • 1898: Henning Grenander • 1899–1900: Gustav Hügel • 1901–1905: Ulrich Salchow • 1906: Gilbert Fuchs • 1907–1911: Ulrich Salchow • 1912–1913: Fritz Kachler • 1914: Gösta Sandahl • 1922: Gillis Grafström • 1923: Fritz Kachler • 1924: Gillis Grafström • 1925–1928: Willy Böckl • 1929: Gillis Grafström • 1930–1936: Karl Schäfer • 1937–1938: Felix Kaspar • 1939: Graham Sharp • 1947: Hans Gerschwiler • 1948–1952: Richard Button • 1953–1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins • 1957–1959: David Jenkins • 1960: Alain Giletti • 1962: Donald Jackson • 1963: Donald McPherson • 1964: Manfred Schnelldorfer • 1965: Alain Calmat • 1966–1968: Emmerich Danzer • 1969–1970: Tim Wood • 1971–1973: Ondrej Nepela • 1974: Jan Hoffmann • 1975: Sergey Volkov • 1976: John Curry • 1977: Vladimir Kovalev • 1978: Charles Tickner • 1979: Vladimir Kovalev • 1980: Jan Hoffmann • 1981–1984: Scott Hamilton • 1985: Alexander Fadeyev • 1986: Brian Boitano • 1987: Brian Orser • 1988: Brian Boitano • 1989–1991: Kurt Browning • 1992: Viktor Petrenko • 1993: Kurt Browning • 1994–1995: Elvis Stojko • 1996: Todd Eldredge • 1997: Elvis Stojko • 1998–2000: Alexei Yagudin • 2001: Evgeni Plushenko • 2002: Alexei Yagudin • 2003–2004: Evgeni Plushenko • 2005–2006: Stéphane Lambiel • 2007: Brian Joubert • 2008: Jeffrey Buttle • 2009: Evan Lysacek • 2010: Daisuke Takahashi • 2011: Patrick Chan
v · d · eNorth American champions in figure skating – Men's singles

1923: Sherwin Badger · 1925–1927: Melville Rogers · 1929–1939: Montgomery Wilson · 1941: Ralph McCreath · 1947–1951: Dick Button · 1953–1955: Hayes Alan Jenkins · 1957: David Jenkins · 1959–1961: Donald Jackson · 1963: Donald McPherson · 1965: Gary Visconti · 1967: Donald Knight · 1969: Tim Wood · 1971: John Misha Petkevich
v · d · eUnited States national champions in figure skating – Men's singles

1914: Norman M. Scott • 1918: Nathaniel Niles • 1920–1924: Sherwin Badger • 1925: Nathaniel Niles • 1926: Chris Christenson • 1927: Nathaniel Niles • 1928–1934: Roger Turner • 1935–1939: Robin Lee • 1940–1941: Eugene Turner • 1942: Bobby Specht • 1943: Arthur Vaughn Jr. • 1946–1952: Dick Button • 1953–1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins • 1957–1960: David Jenkins • 1961: Bradley Lord • 1962: Monty Hoyt • 1963: Thomas Litz • 1964: Scott Allen • 1965: Gary Visconti • 1966: Scott Allen • 1967: Gary Visconti • 1968–1970: Tim Wood • 1971: John Misha Petkevich • 1972: Kenneth Shelley • 1973–1975: Gordon McKellen, Jr. • 1976: Terry Kubicka • 1977–1980: Charles Tickner • 1981–1984: Scott Hamilton • 1985–1988: Brian Boitano • 1989: Christopher Bowman • 1990–1991: Todd Eldredge • 1992: Christopher Bowman • 1993–1994: Scott Davis • 1995: Todd Eldredge • 1996: Rudy Galindo • 1997–1998: Todd Eldredge • 1999–2000: Michael Weiss • 2001: Timothy Goebel • 2002: Todd Eldredge • 2003: Michael Weiss • 2004–2006: Johnny Weir • 2007–2008: Evan Lysacek • 2009–2010: Jeremy Abbott • 2011: Ryan Bradley




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