Hayes Alan Jenkins

Hayes Alan Jenkins
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1933-03-23) March 23, 1933 Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Skating club	Broadmoor SC
Retired	1956
Medal record Men's figure skating Representing  United States Olympic Games 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Men's Singles World Championships 1956 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Men's singles 1955 Vienna Men's singles 1954 Oslo Men's singles 1953 Davos Men's singles 1952 Paris Men's singles 1950 London Men's singles North American Championships 1955 Regina Men's singles 1953 Cleveland Men's singles

Hayes Alan Jenkins (born March 23, 1933 in Akron, Ohio), an American figure skater, led men's skating for 4 years, 1953–56. He won four consecutive World Figure Skating Championships from 1953 to 1956. He also won the gold medal in the 1956 Winter Olympics, after placing 4th in the 1952 Winter Olympics. His brother David Jenkins won the gold in 1960. Jenkins later married Carol Heiss, the 1956 Olympic silver medalist and the 1960 Olympic gold medalist.^[1] The couple had three children, but none of them became a competitive figure skater.^[2]

He attended Colorado College and Harvard Law School. He went on to work for the Goodyear tire company as an international lawyer.^[3]

Competitive highlights

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References

• "Past U.S. Champions – Senior" (PDF).  (123 KiB)
• Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
• Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (1996). Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28477-6. Retrieved 2010-03-03.