Robert Uppgren Explained

Robert Arnold Uppgren
Birth Date:14 December 1923
Death Place:Leech Lake, Minnesota
Formerpartner:Janette Ahrens

Robert Arnold Uppgren (December 14, 1923 - May 12, 1967[1]) was an American figure skater.[2] He competed in pair skating with partner Janette Ahrens.[3] He also competed in fours with Ahrens, Mary Louise Premer, and Lyman Wakefield, Jr. and won the 1941 North American title.

By 1967, Uppgren had begun working for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in its Minneapolis offices. On May 12, he died in a helicopter crash in Leech Lake.[4]

Competitive highlights

(with Ahrens)

Four skating

(with Premer, Uppgren, and Wakefield)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uppgren. Robert Arnold. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002. familysearch.org. 8 December 2013.
  2. News: Chicago Skater Wins National Senior Title. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106050036/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/264954732.html?dids=264954732:264954732&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+24,+1942&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Chicago+Skater+Wins+National+Senior+Title&pqatl=google. dead. November 6, 2012. 24 February 1942. Christian Science Monitor. 16. 25 March 2011.
  3. 1943. Competitions. Dance Magazine. Rudor Pub. Co.. 40. 24 March 2011.
  4. News: May 13, 1967 . 2 Bodies Recovered at 'Copter Crash Site . The La Crosse Tribune . newspapers.com.

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