Wallace Diestelmeyer

Wallace William "Wally" Diestelmeyer (July 14, 1926 – December 23, 1999) was a Canadian figure skater. He competed in pair skating with Suzanne Morrow. The couple won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1948 World Figure Skating Championships. They are credited as being the first pair to perform the death spiral one-handed, with the man holding the woman in position with one hand, at the 1948 Olympic Games.

After retiring from competitions Distelmeyer worked as a skating coach. In 1992 he was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame, together with Morrow.

Results

Men's singles

Pairs with Suzanne Morrow

with Joyce Perkins

with Floraine Ducharme

Ice dance with Suzanne Morrow

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Profile

1926 births

1999 deaths

Canadian male single skaters

Canadian male pair skaters

Canadian people of German descent

Figure skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Olympic bronze medalists for Canada

Olympic figure skaters for Canada

Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario

Skating people from Ontario

Olympic medalists in figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships medalists

Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Canadian figure skating coaches

20th-century Canadian people