Janet Morrissey
| Janet Morrissey | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Janet Katherine Morrissey |
| Country represented | Canada |
| Born |
1959 (age 56–57) Ottawa, Canada |
| Skating club | Nepean FSC |
| Retired | 1980 |
Janet Katherine Morrissey[1] (born in 1959) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1978 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, 1978 Grand Prix International St. Gervais bronze medalist, and 1979 Canadian national champion.
Life and career
Morrissey won the Canadian national novice bronze medal in 1974 and the junior bronze medal in 1977.[2]
She began the 1978–79 season with bronze medals at the Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany and Grand Prix International St. Gervais in France. She went on to win the senior national title ahead of Heather Kemkaran and was sent to Vienna to compete at the 1979 World Championships, where she finished 19th. Her skating club was Nepean FSC.[2]
Although Morrissey skated well at the 1980 Nationals, she was soundly defeated by the 1978 champion Heather Kemkaran and barely edged 12-year-old Tracey Wainman for the silver. Canada's sole spot in ladies' singles at the Olympics went to Kemkaran while the Worlds assignment went to the bronze medalist, Wainman. Morrissey said she was "disappointed" to be bypassed for Worlds.[3] She retired from skating at the end of the season.
Morrissey studied computer science at Carleton University.[3] She graduated in spring 1983.[1]
Results
| International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 73–74 | 76–77 | 78–79 | 79–80 |
| World Champ. | 19th | |||
| Skate Canada | 5th | |||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | |||
| St. Gervais | 3rd | |||
| National[2] | ||||
| Canadian Champ. | 3rd N | 3rd J | 1st | 2nd |
| Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior | ||||
References
- 1 2 "Full text of "77th Convocation, Spring 1983"". archive.org.
- 1 2 3 "Canadian Figure Skating Championships" (PDF). Skate Canada. p. 15.
- 1 2 Cleary, Martin (January 25, 1980). "Janet Morrissey Dumped By Figure Skating Politics". Ottawa Citizen.