1964 Sjoukje Dijkstra met Olympische- en Wereldkampioenen door juffrouw Gelms

[HattieLovesCattie]

Laurence Owen would have likely won or been on the podium.

[faeryquene]

@HattieLovesCattie I agree! I think comparing the two Laurence seemed to be the more lyrical skater who could jump well, she seemed to have the whole package-the kind the judges favored more back in the day. Sjouke seemed more of a power skater-her double axel was enormous!

[HattieLovesCattie]

@faeryquene Sjouke reminds me of Tonya Harding in some ways.I visited a famous cemetery near Boston and later I realized that the Owens are buried there in a masoluem there.If I ever am back in Boston,I will check that building out.

[ssballs]

I skated here and saw many a concert(on a floor over the ice)

[floskate]

Another wonderful piece of skating history. This appears to be the 1964 ISU tour of champions. Great to see a clip of Sepp Schonmetzler doing his famous exhibition. Very creative for the era!! Thanks so much for sharing this here!