Val Nicholas Bezic (born December 8, 1952) is a Canadian pair skater. With his sister Sandra Bezic, he won the Canadian Figure Skating Championships from 1970–1974 and placed ninth at the 1972 Winter Olympics. They were a five-time national champion in pairs and came in fifth place at the 1974 Worlds Championships.[1] He is of Croatian descent.
| Val Bezic | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Val Nicholas Bezic | ||||||||||||||
| Born | December 8, 1952 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | TCS & CC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Results
editPair skating with Sandra Bezic
| International | ||||||
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| Event | 68–69 | 69–70 | 70–71 | 71–72 | 72–73 | 73–74 |
| Winter Olympics | 9th | |||||
| World Championships | 14th | 9th | 8th | 6th | 5th | |
| North American Champ. | 5th | 3rd | ||||
| International St. Gervais | 1st | |||||
| National | ||||||
| Canadian Champ. | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Literature
edit- Eterovich, Adam S. Croatia at the Olympics, 1890s-1980s (!?!). // CROWN – Croatian World Network, [Bach, Nenad N. (ed.)], ISSN 1847-3911, 08/3/2004, Retrieved 2010-02-17
References
edit- ^ Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.
- "Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 1 - 1896 - 1973" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-22.
- "Skate Canada Results Book: Canadian National Championships Medallists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-20.
External links
edit- Val Bezic at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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