Carolyn Krau
{{short description|British figure skater}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|birth_place= Uxbridge, England
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Carolyn Patricia Krau (born 18 August 1943) is a British former competitive figure skater. She competed in pair skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics and in ladies' singles at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Career
= Pair skating =
In the 1955–56 season, Krau and her partner, Rodney Ward, won the national junior pairs' title and finished second on the senior level at the British Championships. After placing 9th at the 1956 European Championships in Paris, they competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, where they finished 11th. They placed 9th at their final event of the season, the 1956 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Krau/Ward ranked 13th at the 1958 European Championships in Bratislava and 12th at the 1958 World Championships in Paris.
= Single skating =
In December 1959, Krau became the national silver medalist in ladies' singles. She was named in the British team to the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, and finished 19th.
Krau won three silver medals at the Richmond Trophy. She placed 15th at the 1959 European Championships in Davos, 12th at the 1960 European Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and 20th at the 1960 World Championships in Vancouver.
Competitive highlights
= Ladies' singles =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event
! 1958–59 ! 1959–60 ! 1960–61 | |||
| align=left | Winter Olympics | 19th | ||
| align=left | World Championships | 20th | ||
| align=left | European Championships | 15th | 12th | |
| align=left | Richmond Trophy | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | National | |||
| align=left | British Championships | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
= Pairs with Ward =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event
! 1955–56 ! 1957–58 | ||
| align=left | Winter Olympics | 11th | |
| align=left | World Championships | 9th | 12th |
| align=left | European Championships | 9th | 13th |
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National | ||
| align=left | British Championships | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |
| align=left | British Junior Champ. | bgcolor=gold | 1st |
References
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{{cite web |url= https://www.olympic.org/carolyn-krau |title= Carolyn Krau |publisher= International Olympic Committee |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170117021121/https://www.olympic.org/carolyn-krau |archivedate= 17 January 2017 |url-status= live }}
{{cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/carolyn-krau-1.html |title= Carolyn Krau |publisher= Sports Reference |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170117020910/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/carolyn-krau-1.html |archivedate= 17 January 2017 |url-status= dead }}
{{cite news |url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/117215912/ |title= Smallest Skater Enters Olympics |work= Associated Press |publisher= Arizona Republic |date= 21 December 1955 |location= Phoenix, Arizona |page= 38 }}
{{cite news |url= http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/31ed18bfc3f244aca61eb6fa7d2cf8f5 |title= Skating Championship |work= British Movietone / Associated Press |date= 7 December 1959 }}
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Category:English female pair skaters
Category:English female single skaters
Category:Figure skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Category:Figure skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain