Monty Hoyt Explained

Monty Hoyt
Full Name:Monty Hoyt
Country:United States
Birth Date:13 September 1944
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place:Phoenix, Arizona
Formercoach:Edi Scholdan[1]
Skating Club:Broadmoor SC

Monty Hoyt (September 13, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland – October 9, 1997 in Phoenix, Arizona) was an American figure skater. He was the 1962 U.S. national champion, the 1961 Junior national champion, and the 1959 Novice national champion. He represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where he placed 10th.

After winning the U.S. junior title in 1961, Hoyt had tickets to be on Sabena Flight 548 to attend the World Figure Skating Championships. He cancelled at the last moment, and so was not on the flight when the plane crashed, killing everyone aboard.

Hoyt graduated from the University of Denver and was a Marshall scholar at Oxford, graduating in PPE from Corpus Christi College in 1967.[2] Later in life, Hoyt was a member of the Presidential Commission on Olympic Sports. He died of melanoma at age 53.

Competitive highlights

International
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National
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Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

Notes and References

  1. "Meet the Champions", Skating magazine, May 1961
  2. Web site: The Pelican Record . 17 April 2019 . 113 . Dec 2010.