Print, Photographic

Patricia Firth

Patricia Firth

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.34.13

Description

Pat Firth receives her award trophy for winning the Senior Ladies title at the 1952 Pacific Coast Championships. Pat represented Lakewood in regional, national and world competition, winning her first championship in 1951, the Northwest Senior Ladies, and was third in Junior Ladies at nationals. Firth won the Pacific Coast Senior Ladies in 1952 and moved up a spot to second in Junior Ladies at nationals. She repeated as Pacific Coast champion in 1953 and then won the national Junior Ladies title, earning a spot on Team USA’s world team, placing seventh at the world championships in 1955 in Vienna, Austria. Firth was especially qualified at figures — which amounted to 60 percent of the overall score. She went on to earn her United States and Canadian Golf Test medals in figures and freestyle. Firth also earned a master’s rating as a skating teacher and coach. She was inducted into the Tacoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Trophy awarded is in the museum collection (2002.34.23)

Made/Created

Date made

1952 - 1953

Place

Location

Hollywood, CA

Lexicon

Search Terms

Figure Skating, Professional/Semi-Pro, Recreational, Olympics

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

FirtFirth, Pat

Person or Organization

Pacific Coast Championships

Person or Organization

Lakewood

Person or Organization

Team USA

Person or Organization

World Championships

Related Events

Event

1952 Pacific Coast championships