Walter Bainbridge

Walter Bainbridge
Personal information
Full name	Walter Bainbridge, Jr.
Alternative names	Red
Country represented	United States
Former partner	Lois Waring
Medal record Representing the  United States Ice dancing North American Championships 1949 Philadelphia Ice dancing 1947 Ottawa Ice dancing

Walter ("Red") Bainbridge, Jr. was an American figure skater. He began skating in Washington state, when his father, geologist Walter H. Bainbridge, was posted there between 1938 and 1945.^[1][2] He competed in ice dance with Lois Waring. He was the national champion with Waring in 1947-1949 and North American Champion in 1947 and 1949.^[3] He was inducted into the Professional Skaters Association Hall of Fame in 2009.^[4]

Results

(with Waring)

Event	1946	1947	1948	1949
North American Championships		1st		1st
U.S. Championships	2nd	1st	1st	1st

Notes

1. "Profiles in Time - CS &G Biographies: Walter Bainbridge", NOAA History (website) (from The Personnel Panorama, Vol VI, No. 8, 9/1957)
2. "Sees Ice First Time, Skater Soon Champ", Hartford Courant, 4 Dec 1938, p.D3
3. "Washington FSC National Hall of Fame",
4. "PSA HONORS 'BEST OF THE BEST'" by Lynn Rutherford, U.S. Figure Skating Association (website) 8/7/09

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