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Melville F. Rogers (b. January 5, 1899 in Ottawa, Ontario; d. September 26, 1973 in Ottawa, Ontario) was a Canadian figure skater and figure skating judge. He competed in the disciplines of single skating, pair skating, ice dancing, and fours.
Skating career[]
National level[]
As a single skater, he won the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in 1923 and from 1925 to 1928.
As a pair skater, he won the silver medal at the 1922 Canadian Championships and the bronze medal at the 1923 Canadian Championships with partner Cecil Smith. During those years, he represented the Toronto Skate Club in competition. He won the 1925 Canadian Championships, the silver medal at the 1928 Championships, and the bronze medal at the 1929 Championships with Gladys Rogers, representing the Minto Skating Club. He won the bronze medal at the 1926 Canadian Championships with partner Isabel Blythe.
As an ice dancer, he won the silver medal at the 1940 Canadian Championships with Elmore Davis. They also won the Junior national title that same year.
In the fours discipline, he won the 1922 Canadian fours silver medal with partners Sidney Pepler, Frankford Rogers, and Katherine Capreol. He won the 1929 Canadian fours silver medal with partners Frances Claudet, Katherine Lopdell, and Guy Owen. He won the 1931 Canadian fours bronze medal with the same team as in 1929. He won the 1932 Canadian fours silver medal with partners Elmore Davis, Prudence Holbrook and Guy Owen. He won the 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, and 1937 Canadian fours title with the same team as in 1932.
Internationally[]
He competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics as both a single skater and pair skater. He placed 7th in singles, and 7th in pairs with partner Cecil Smith. At those Olympics, Rogers became the first Canadian men's singles skater to compete at the Olympics and was also a member of the first Canadian pairs team to compete at the Olympics.
He won the North American singles title in 1925 and 1927. He won the 1925 silver medal in pairs with Gladys Rogers. He won the fours title in 1933, 1935, and 1937 with Margaret Davis, Prudence Holbrook, and Guy Owen.
He also competed in pairs with Isobel Rogers. They placed 5th at the 1930 World Figure Skating Championships
Professional career[]
Following his retirement from comeptitive skater, he worked as a judge. He served as the president of the Canadian Figure Skating Association for two terms.
He was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1991.
References[]
- IOC
- ISU results
- Canadian Association of figure skating
External links[]
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