David Jenkins (USA) - 8th Winter Olympic Games Squaw Valley 1960 - ISU Archives
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David Jenkins competed with his brother and after the retirement of Hayes Alan from skating he continued the success of the Jenkins' family of skaters. His first great success was his win at the 1953 U.S. junior championships. in 1954 the family moved from Cleveland to Colorado Springs where they were able to practice all year round under the leadership of Edi Scholdan.
David spend the first years of his career in the shadow of his brother Hayes, Ronald Robertson and James Grogan. David first competed in the 1954 World Championships in Oslo, where he finished in 4th place after Alain Giletti.
He won the bronze medal in 1955 in Vienna. It was at these championships that the audience witnessed the triumph of American Figure Skating. The gold medal was won by Hayes Alan Jenkins, and silver by Ronald Robertson who performed the best Free Skating program. A year later in 1956 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen the situation was exactly the same: the gold medal was won by Hayes Alan Jenkins, the silver again by Ronald Robertson with the best free skating program. The bronze was won by David Jenkins.
David won the 1957 World Championships in Colorado Springs with absolute mastery. He was unanimously chosen by all the judges in Compulsory and Free Skating programs respectively. He repeated his success in 1958 in Paris, and in 1959 in Colorado Springs. He was also successful in Olympic competitions: David won the bronze medal at the 1956 Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He received his most important victory in 1960 at Squaw Valley: The Olympic gold medal. The Czechoslovak competitor, Karol Divin won the silver medal after winning the Compulsory Skating. The excellent Free Skating of David Jenkins was appreciated by every judge and discerned him the Olympic gold.
He gave up his skating career after the winter Olympiad in Squaw Valley to study medicine. He is known in the history of Figure Skating as an excellent jumper who was really ahead of his time. He performed 2 triple jumps in his Free Skating: the triple Rittburger and the triple Salchow. His speciality was the double Axel and the sit spin. In a long history of Figure Skating, there has not being a family success as that achieved by the Jenkins brothers. Their results are impressive indeed.
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Omg same I thought they were joking!
He deserved the hype they gave him!! So awesome.
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Wrong video it’s David jacobs
He really is a superhuman athlete
David Jacob not Jenkins
I feel this should have way more views
Holy crap that’s Dave Jenkins!
Why is no one commenting on the fact that this legend is doing all of this in a suit?!?! DAVE JENKINS
This is so amazing, I can believe he did this in a suit ❤️. This video really should be viral
Dear Mr Jenkins I hope you read these comments and feel happy. You were very dashing in your suit and your movements on the ice so graceful and your landings so light it was as if you floating above the ice rather than gliding above it. Men in figureskating today may be flashy and showy with their flips and tricks but I have never seen one who lands so lightly and glides so gracefully as you did in this clip. You were truly a superhuman athlete. Wishing you all the best!
Magnificent!
They don’t make figure skaters like Dave anymore these days, he was really a superhuman athlete and generational talent, he should go down as the GOAT in my opinion
dude he really is a real legend
Effortless and smooth with it
Wait is that Dave jenkins?
Hmm idk. Maybe the video about David Jenkins is about him. Maybe not idk
@@bolognatheroach8576 it’s a reference my guy
You're damn right it's Dave Jenkins
Wow. 👏
HOLY FCK ITS DAVE JENKINS !*
Are you freakin kidding me? Dave Jenkins?!?!
Superhuman friend too
The one and only
Dave Jenkins
Omg! THE Dave Jenkins!! How can I get a autograph or maybe even a selfie that would be nifty swell!
Amazing. Thanks for posting this. Is the music original to the performance?
Holy shit its Dave Jenkins!
Holy shit, fr? I have my wife otp rn
Can we get a picture?
It's like Dick Button's athleticism got transferred over to David Jenkins, then got taken to a whole new level. Jenkins had enough height in his 2Lutz that he could've gotten the 3Lutz before Don Jackson in 1962 (if he stayed Olympic-eligible).
Omg it's Dave Jenkins
Holy shit is this dave jenkins? Is it okay if I shake your hand sir?
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