Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Patricia Firth

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2003.19.5

Description

\Patricia Firth performs in the 1950 Ice Capades at the Lakewood Ice Arena. Pat represented Lakewood Figure Skating Club 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 Gold 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.

Made/Created

Date made

1950

Place

Location

Lakewood Ice Arena, Tacoma, WA

Lexicon

Search Terms

Figure Skating, Ice Capades, Recreational, Professional/Semi-Pro

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Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Firth, Patricia

Person or Organization

Ice Capades

Person or Organization

Lakewood Ice Arena

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Lakewood Figure Skating Club

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US Nationals

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Pacific Coast Championships

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World Championships

Person or Organization

Tacoma Sports Hall of Fame

Related Events

Event

1950 Ice Capades