Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: David Jenkins, United States
- Ladies' champion: Carol Heiss, United States
- Pair skating champion: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul, Canada
- Ice dancing champion: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones, Great Britain
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Famous quotes containing the words figure and/or skating:
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—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)
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