Courtney Jones (figure skater) explained

Courtney Jones
Honorific Suffix:	OBE
Fullname:	Courtney John Lyndhurst Jones
Birth Date:	30 April 1933
Formerpartner:	Doreen Denny June Markham

Courtney John Lyndhurst Jones (born 30 April 1933) is a British former ice dancer. With partner June Markham, he was the 1957 and 1958 World champion and European champion. With partner Doreen Denny, he is the 1959 and 1960 World champion and 1959–61 European champion.

Jones and Peri Horne created the Starlight Waltz and the Silver Samba compulsory dances. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1980 Birthday Honours for services to ice skating.^[1]

He is a member of the International Skating Union Council^[2] and is a former president of the National Ice Skating Association.^[3] He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1986.

Results

(with June Markham)

Event	1956	1957	1958
	2nd	1st	1st
	2nd	1st	1st
		1st	1st

(with Doreen Denny)

Event	1959	1960	1961
	1st	1st
	1st	1st	1st
	1st	1st	1st

References

• Web site: ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships Medalists. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20051230132504/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file%2C00.pdf. 30 December 2005.
• Web site: ISU Official Results: European Figure Skating Championships Medalists. 29 March 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20131205005915/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147119-164335-54460-0-file,00.pdf. 5 December 2013. dead.

Notes and References

1. UK:
2. Web site: ISU Press Release: Election Results.
3. Web site: NISA History. 28 March 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080922170520/http://www.iceskating.org.uk/about/history. 22 September 2008.