- Stephanie Westerfeld
Infobox Figure skater
title= Stephanie Westerfeld
caption=
country= USA
dateofbirth= birth date|1943|10|8
dateofdeath= death date and age|1961|2|15|1943|10|8
formercoach=
formerchoreographer=
skating club=Broadmoor Figure Skating Club
retired=Stephanie "Steffi" Westerfeld (
October 8 1943 –February 15 ,1961 ) was an American figure skater.She earned a place on the United States' world team for the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships after she finished second at 1961 U.S National Championships.
She died on February 15, 1961 when
Sabena Flight 548 crashed on its way to the World Championships in Prague. She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery,Colorado Springs, Colorado . Her sister, Sharon, was also killed in the crash.Westerfeld was an
honor student ,pianist andhomecoming queen atCheyenne Mountain High School .References
*cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10080|title=Stephanie Westerfeld|publisher=Find A Grave|date=2000-06-22|accessdate=2006-08-04
*cite web|url=http://www.usfigureskating.org/Shell.asp?cat=7&id=206&sid=32406|title=Stephanie Westerfeld|publisher=US Figure Skating|last=Nichols|first=Nikki|accessdate=2006-08-04
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