Marjorie Parker Smith (March 3, 1916 – January 17, 2009) was an American figure skater who competed in ice dancing, pair skating, single skating, and fours in the latter part of the 1930s.
Nearly fifty years later, she again gained championship status in running the 300-yard and the 600-yard dashes.
Parker Smith was a member of the first official United States Ice Dancing Championship team and an inductee in the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame, Class of 2009. She also was on the board of directors of the Society of Old Brooklynites where she was a life member. Parker Smith devoted many hours of volunteer service to NYC-based WABC Radio's 'Call For Action' program.
She died aged 92 on January 17, 2009, at her home in Brooklyn, New York.
Parker Smith was inducted into United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame January 23, 2009, in the “Golden” category at the 2009 United States Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland.
Figure skating results
Pairs
(with Howard Meredith)
Ice dance
(with Joseph Savage)
(with George Boltres)
Fours
(with Nettie Prantel, Joseph Savage, and George Boltres)
Other medals
Gold: 1936 U.S. National Dance Champion
Gold: 1939 Dance Fours (Skating Club of New York) Bronze: National Novice Single Bronze: National Senior Pair
Master track & field - World records
1984 600 yard dash (2.23.5 minutes) 1985 300 yard dash (71.50 seconds)
References
External links
It All Started With a Pair of Borrowed Skates: Park Sloper Marjorie Parker Smith Was a Star on the Ice Five To Be Inducted into U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame U.S. Figure Skating Mourns Passing of Marjorie Parker Smith Parker Smith to be inducted into HOF posthumously. Bright spirit carried winner of first U.S. ice dance title. World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame Hall of Fame skater dies - Marjorie Parker Smith skated on Olympic world stage. Marjorie Parker Smith's obituary Marjorie Parker Smith's obituary