Sally-Anne Stapleford

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Sally-Anne Stapleford - Wikipedia

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Sally-Anne Stapleford

Full name

Sally-Anne Martine Stapleford

Born

7 July 1945 (age 79)
Worthing, Sussex, England

Height

5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)

Figure skating career

Country

Great Britain

Retired

1968

Medal record

Representing Great Britain

Ladies' Figure skating
European Championships
	1965 Moscow	Ladies' singles

Sally-Anne Martine Stapleford OBE (born 7 July 1945) is a British former figure skater and administrator, referee and judge. She is the 1965 European silver medalist. She represented Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics and at the 1968 Winter Olympics, placing 11th both times.

Biography

Personal life

Her father was the ice hockey player Harvey Stapleford.^[1] Her mother was the daughter of the comedian Charlie Naughton.^[2]

Competitive career

Stapleford is a five-time British champion in figure skating in the ladies event and won the silver medal at the 1965 European Figure Skating Championships.

Post-competitive career

After her figure skating career, in 1972 she was appointed a referee at International Skating Union (ISU) events for single and pair skating. Between 1988 and 2002 she was a member of the ISU figure skating technical committee, including serving as chair of this committee from 1992 to 2002. Since 1995, she has also been the president of the National Ice Skating Association of the United Kingdom (NISA), the British figure skating federation.

Stapleford was involved in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal, the person to whom Marie-Reine Le Gougne ("the French judge") confessed following the event to having been involved in a political deal in the pairs competition. Stapleford lost her ISU technical committee position later that year for unprofessional behaviour. Subsequently, Stapleford became one of the founders of the World Skating Federation (WSF), and spoke at their press conference on 23 March 2003. The WSF ultimately failed to supplant the ISU, and as a result of her involvement with the attempt, Stapleford lost her ISU eligibility on 1 February 2005. Stapleford has continued to be a vocal critic of the ISU Judging System and the ISU's post-2002 policy of not identifying marks by judge, which she has alleged could simply hide further instances of judging corruption or incompetence.^[3]

Competitive highlights

Event	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
Winter Olympics		11th				11th
World Championships		8th		13th	6th
European Championships	5th	4th	2nd	7th	4th	5th
British Championships	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

References

^ [1]^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Flashing Blades - The Story of British Ice Hockey by Phil Drackett, (Crowood Press - 1987)
^ CANOE – SLAM! Sports – Figure Skating – Your number's up^[usurped]

Sports-reference profile
"European Figure Skating Championships Results: Ladies Medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2013.
Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS 2005/A/961
Decision of the Council of Eligibility (ISU) 24 March 2005 in Lausanne
Birthdate by British Olympic Association

British champions in figure skating – Women's singles

1927: Kathleen Shaw
1928: Constance Wilson
1929-1930: Kathleen Shaw
1932-1934: Megan Taylor
1935-1939: Cecilia Colledge
1946: Cecilia Colledge
1947: Daphne Walker
1948–1951: Jeannette Altwegg
1952–1953: Valda Osborn
1954–1956: Yvonne Sugden
1958: Diana Clifton-Peach
1959–1960: Patricia Pauley
1961: Diana Clifton-Peach
1962: Jacqueline Harbord
1963: Diana Clifton-Peach
1964–1968: Sally-Anne Stapleford
1969–1971: Patricia Dodd
1972: Jean Scott
1973: Maria McLean
1974: Jean Scott
1975: Gail Keddie
1976–1978: Karena Richardson
1979: Deborah Cottrill
1980: Karena Richardson
1981: Karen Wood
1982: Deborah Cottrill
1983: Karen Wood
1984–1985: Susan Jackson
1986–1989: Joanne Conway
1990: Emma Murdoch
1991–1992: Joanne Conway
1993: Charlene von Saher
1994: Stephanie Main
1995: Jenna Arrowsmith
1996: Stephanie Main
1997–1998: Jenna Arrowsmith
1999: Stephanie Main
2000: Tamsin Sear
2001–2002: Zoe Jones
2003–2005: Jenna McCorkell
2006: Vanessa James
2007–2014: Jenna McCorkell
2015: Karly Robertson
2016: Danielle Harrison
2017–2020: Natasha McKay
2022–2023: Natasha McKay

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