Tim Brown (figure skater) explained

Timothy Tuttle "Tim" Brown
Country:United States
Birth Date:24 July 1938
Birth Place:Loup City, Nebraska
Death Place:San Francisco, California

Timothy Tuttle "Tim" Brown (July 24, 1938  - September 14, 1989)[1] was an American figure skater.

Brown won the gold medal at the U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1954. As a senior, he came in fourth place two times and won the silver medal four times at U.S. Figure Skating Championships between 1957 and 1960. At the World Figure Skating Championships, he won silver medals in 1957 and 1958, and came in third place in 1959. He also competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and came in fifth place.[2] In 1961, he earned another berth to the World Championships but did not make the trip due to illness, a move that was fortunate for him, as the entire U.S. Figure Skating team was killed en route to the competition when Sabena Flight 548 crashed near Brussels.

Brown also competed in ice dance, winning the bronze at the 1958 U.S. Nationals with partner Susan Sebo. He died of AIDS in 1989.[3]

Results

Men's singles

Event19571958195919601961
5th
2nd 2nd 3rd
3rd 2nd
2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd

Ice dancing

(with Sebo)

References

  1. Web site: Gjerde. Arild. Jeroen Heijmans . Bill Mallon . Hilary Evans . Tim Brown Biography and Olympic Results. Olympics. Sports Reference.com. June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070012/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/tim-brown-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 2012-06-11.
  2. Book: Hines, James R. . Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating . 2011 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-6859-5 . Lanham, Maryland . 44.
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1347&dat=19921214&id=fuoSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V_wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6806,4483739 AIDS has killed 40 skaters, Lakeland Ledger, Dec 14, 1992