Norris Bowden

Robert Norris Bowden (August 13, 1926 – April 9, 1991) was a Canadian figure skater.

Norris Bowden
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born(1926-08-13)August 13, 1926
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedApril 9, 1991(1991-04-09) (aged 64)
Former partnerFrances Dafoe

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bowden won championships in every division of Canadian figure skating. He was national men's champion as a junior and senior (1947), national pairs (junior and senior), dance (1952), waltz, and 10-step champion with Frances Dafoe, and national fours champion.

Bowden and Dafoe captured four Canadian titles (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955) and two world championships (1954, 1955). They won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Norris and his partner were the first pair skaters to do the twist lift, throw jump, ‘leap of faith’ and overhead lasso. It was because of these two that some of the rules in pairs skating were changed.[1]

Outside skating, Bowden graduated with an MBA and worked in the life insurance industry. He was founding president of the Centennial Nursery School for Retarded Children (now the Centennial Infant and Child Centre) in Toronto.

He has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1955), the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (1958), and the Skate Canada Hall of Fame (1993).

Results

men's singles

Event 1943 1944 1946 1947
Canadian Championships2nd J.2nd J.2nd1st
  • J. = Junior level

(pairs with Frances Dafoe)

Event 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
Winter Olympic Games5th2nd
World Championships4th2nd1st1st2nd
North American Championships1st1st
Canadian Championships2nd1st1st1st1st

(ice dance with Frances Dafoe)

Event 1950 1951 1952
Canadian Championships3rd3rd1st
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References
  1. "Where are they now: Dafoe and Bowden". TSN. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
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