Gretchen Merrill

Gretchen Miller
Personal information
Full name	Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill
Alternative names	Queenie
Country represented	United States
Born	November 2, 1925 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	April 22, 1965 (aged 39) Windsor, Connecticut
Skating club	SC of Boston
Medal record Competitor for the  United States Ladies' Figure skating World Championships 1947 Stockholm Ladies' singles European Championships 1947 Davos Ladies' singles North American Championships 1945 New York Ladies' singles

Gretchen Merrill (born November 2, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts - died April 22, 1965 in Windsor, Connecticut^[1]) was an American figure skater. Gretchen was a six-time (1943–1948) U.S. national champion and thrice placed second in 1941, 1942 and 1949. She was the 1947 European silver medalist and World bronze medalist, winning those medals in the first World and Europeans Championships to be held since 1939. She was the second and last American woman to win a medal at the European Championships; following 1948, the competition was restricted to skaters representing European countries. Merrill placed 8th at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

She was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000.^[2]

Results

Event	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Winter Olympics								8th
World Championships							3rd
European Championships							2nd
North American Championships					2nd
U.S. Championships	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd

References

1. TIME
2. Official Site World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame

• Skatabase: 1940s Europeans
• Skatabase: 1940s Worlds
• Skatabase: 1940s Olympics

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