| Jean Westwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jean Thomson Westwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1931[1] Manchester, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 July 2022 (aged 90–91)[2] British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Lawrence Demmy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jean Thomson Westwood (1931 – 26 July 2022) was a British ice dancer. With partner Lawrence Demmy, she was the World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 to 1955[3] (plus the unofficial trial event in 1951), and European Champion in its first two editions in 1954 and 1955.[4] They were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1977.
She later became an elite-level coach in the United States and Canada (she had switched national teams, via a spell as skating director of the Ice Follies touring show, prior to the 1961 Sabena Flight 548 aviation disaster in which several former students and colleagues were killed).[1] She was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame for her coaching services in 1997.[1][better source needed][2][5]
The Scottish long jumper Alix Jamieson (1964 Summer Olympics) was her second cousin.
