Ginny Baxter

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameVirginia Day "Ginny"•Baxter (-McKendrick, -Newman)
Used nameGinny•Baxter
Born3 December 1932 in Detroit, Michigan (USA)
Died18 December 2014
AffiliationsDetroit Skating Club, Bloomfield Hills (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Ginny Baxter represented the Detroit Skating Club and attended Michigan State University. In 1949-51 she won three bronze medals at the US Figure Skating Championships. Baxter competed at the Worlds in 1949, 1950, and 1952, finishing seventh in 1949-50, and winning a bronze medal in 1952. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, Baxter finished fifth, but was ranked first in the free skating phase of the competition. After the Oslo Olympics, she turned professional, skating with the Ice Capades for a few years, in the Land of Lollipops Show. She was later given a letter sweater by Michigan State, the first female to receive one from the Spartans.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (Skating) USA Ginny Baxter
Singles, Women (Olympic) 5

Special Notes