Norris Bowden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Norris Bowden

Canadian figure skater

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1926

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1991

Profession: figure skater, ice dancer, figure skating judge

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Robert Norris Bowden (August 13, 1926 – April 9, 1991) was a Canadian figure skater. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bowden won championships in every division of Canadian figure skating.
He was national men's champion as a junior and senior (1947), national pairs (junior and senior), dance (1952), waltz, and 10-step champion with Frances Dafoe, and national fours champion. Bowden and Dafoe captured four Canadian titles (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955) and two world championships (1954, 1955).
They won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Norris and his partner were the first pair skaters to do the twist lift, throw jump, ‘leap of faith’ and overhead lasso.
It was because of these two that some of the rules in pairs skating were changed.Outside skating, Bowden graduated with an MBA and worked in the life insurance industry.
He was founding president of the Centennial Nursery School for Retarded Children (now the Centennial Infant and Child Centre) in Toronto. He has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1955), the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (1958), and the Skate Canada Hall of Fame (1993).