Beatrix Loughran

{{Short description|American figure skater (1900–1975)}}

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{{Infobox figure skater

| name = Beatrix Loughran

| image = Beatrix Loughran LOC.jpg

| caption =

| country = United States

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|6|30}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|12|7|1900|6|30}}

| death_place = Long Beach, New York, U.S.

| partner = Sherwin Badger

| formercoach =

| formerchoreographer =

| skating club = Skating Club of New York

| retired = 1932

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Figure skating }}

{{Medal|Country| {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1928 St. Moritz | Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalSilver| 1924 Chamonix | Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1924 Oslo|Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1927 Toronto|Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalGold|1925 Boston|Ladies' singles}}

{{MedalSport | Pairs Figure skating}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1932 Lake Placid | Pairs}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1932 Montreal|Pairs}}

{{MedalBronze|1930 New York|Pairs}}

{{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1931 Ottawa|Pairs}}

}}

Beatrix Suzetta Loughran (June 30, 1900 – December 7, 1975){{cite Sports-Reference | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/beatrix-loughran-1.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062022/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/beatrix-loughran-1.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 17, 2020 | title = Beatrix Loughran |access-date = April 22, 2015}} was an American figure skater who competed in single and pair skating. She is the only American to win three Olympic medals in figure skating (1924, 1928, 1932), and one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists. She is a six-time national champion (1925–1927 in singles, 1930–1932 in pairs). Her pairs partner was Sherwin Badger.

Beatrix Loughran is the first and only figure skater in history to win three Olympic medals in two separate figure skating disciplines. She is one of only three athletes to win Olympic medals in two separate figure skating disciplines.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} She was the first North American skater to win a medal at a Worlds Championships, in 1924, when she came in third place.{{Cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6859-5 |location=Lanham, Maryland |page=xxiii}}

Loughran was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and died in Long Beach, New York. She was the aunt of three-time national medalist Audrey Peppe.{{cite magazine |title= Five Little Pretenders |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759202,00.html?promoid=googlep |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024113911/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759202,00.html?promoid=googlep |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |magazine=Time |date= March 7, 1938 |access-date=June 6, 2008 }}

In 1997, Loughran was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame.