Gretchen Merrill Explained

Gretchen Merrill
Also Known As:	Queenie
Birth Date:	2 November 1925
Birth Place:	Boston, Massachusetts
Death Place:	Windsor, Connecticut
Skating Club:	Skating Club of Boston

Gretchen Merrill (November 2, 1925 - April 22, 1965)^[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 married to William O. Gay^[2] and died in 1965. She was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000.^[3]

Results

1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
							8th
						3rd
						2nd
				2nd
2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20120105164015/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898707,00.html "Milestones: Apr. 30, 1965"
Web site: Gretchen Merrill, broker to be wed. August 10, 1952. The New York Times. June 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180628155908/https://www.nytimes.com/1952/08/10/archives/gretchen-merrill-broker-to-be-wed-former-figureskating-leader.html. June 28, 2018.
http://www.worldskatingmuseum.org/Museum_HOF_Inductees.htm Official Site World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame