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Roy Wagelein
American figure skater
Roy Charles Wagelein (October 19, 1943 – June 24, 2008) was an American pair skater. He was the 1967 North American silver medalist with Susan Behrens and competed with Sandi Sweitzer at the 1968 Winter Olympics, finishing 7th.
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| Full name | Roy Charles Wagelein | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1943-10-14)October 14, 1943 New York City, New York, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Died | June 24, 2008(2008-06-24) (aged 64) Phoenix, Arizona, United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Partner | Sandi Sweitzer Susan Behrens | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Los Angeles FSC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wagelein was born on October 19, 1943, in New York City.[1] In 1961, he graduated from the Hollywood Professional School in Hollywood, California.[2] He married Sandi Sweitzer following the 1968 Olympics and the two had a daughter, Kristia, before divorcing.[3] Wagelein died on June 24, 2008, in Phoenix, Arizona.[2]
Wagelein started skating as a 22-month-old at the Hollywood Polar Palace and became a member of the Los Angeles Figure Skating Club.[3] He also trained at the Pasadena Winter Garden and Pickwick Ice.[2]
Wagelein originally competed in partnership with Susan Behrens. After becoming the 1965 national junior silver medalists, the pair moved up to the senior level and took silver behind Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman at the 1966 U.S. Championships in Berkeley, California. They were then sent to their first major international, the 1966 World Championships in Davos, Switzerland, where they ranked 11th. The following year, Behrens/Wagelein won silver behind the Kauffmans at the U.S. Championships in Omaha, Nebraska and at the North American Championships in Montreal, Canada. They finished 7th at the 1967 World Championships in Vienna, Austria.
In the 1967–68 season, Wagelein competed with Sandi Sweitzer. The two were awarded the silver medal behind the Kauffman siblings at the 1968 U.S. Championships and were included in the U.S. team to the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. They placed 8th in the short program, 6th in the free skate, and 7th overall at the Olympics.[1] Making their final competitive appearance, they placed 8th at the 1968 World Championships in Geneva, Switzerland.
After retiring from competition, Sweitzer/Wagelein performed with the West Company of the Ice Capades for seven years.[3]
With Sweitzer
| International | |
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| Event | 1968 |
| Winter Olympics | 7th |
| World Championships | 8th |
| National | |
| U.S. Championships | 2nd |
With Behrens
| International | |||
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| Event | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 |
| World Championships | 11th | 7th | |
| North American Champ. | 2nd | ||
| National | |||
| U.S. Championships | 2nd J | 2nd | 2nd |
| J = Junior level | |||
- "Roy Wagelein". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Rutherford, Lynn (June 26, 2008). "Olympian Wagelein passes away in Phoenix". IceNetwork.com.
- "Passings: Roy Wagelein: World Team Member—1966, 1967, 1968 Olympic Team Member –1968" (PDF). Vol. 63, no. 4. The Los Angeles Figure Skating Club News Bulletin. July 2008. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 3, 2016.