Donald Gilchrist | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Donald Hunter Gilchrist | ||||||||||||||
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | January 2, 1922||||||||||||||
Died | March 14, 2017 | (aged 95)||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
Partner | Marlene Smith Eleanor O'Meara | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | Toronto Skating Club | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | February 1928 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | c. 1950 | ||||||||||||||
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Donald Hunter Gilchrist (January 2, 1922 – March 14, 2017) was a Canadian figure skater. As a pair skater with Marlene Smith, he became the 1949 North American silver medallist and a two-time Canadian national champion (1949–1950). He was a three-time national silver medallist in men's singles.