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Dr. Suzanne Marrow Francis

Information - Newspaper Section (July 14th, 1962)

- 3 times Canadian Ladies' Figure Skating Champion

- 9 Years after retirement from competing --> Veterinarian in Thornhill, Ontario

- "You are denied the friendship of other children and your school work must be crammed in between practicing and performing" - said Francis

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= Suzanne Morrow Francis = Suzanne Morrow Francis also referred to as Dr. Suzanne Morrow Francis (December 14, 1930 – June 11, 2006) was a Canadian figure skater and a Veterinarian. She competed in Ladies' Singles in the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics. Between 1947 and 1948, Francis also competed in Pairs Mixed competitions with, Canadian figure skater, Wallace Diestelmeyer. Together they won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1948 World Figure Skating Championships. They are credited as being the first pair to perform the death spiral.

Life
In 1948, Suzanne Morrow Francis came in 14th at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics but ended up in 6th place at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics. In 1952, Francis also earned her degree in veterinary medicine from the Ontario Veterinary College located at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. She retired from competition in 1953 but did not sever ties with figure skating. While working as a a Veterinarian, Francis also continued to serve as a figure skating judge and has been for over fifty years. For a time, Francis shared a clinic with Dr. Edith Williams, the second Canadian woman to earn a degree as a veterinarian. During that time, she also served as an All Breed dog show judge as part of the Canadian Kennel Club.

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Francis took the Judge's Oath, the first woman to do so at the Winter Olympics. In 1992, she was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame together with Diestelmeyer. She continued working as a veterinarian until retirement in 1995.