Dennis Sveum

{{short description|American ice dancer}}

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Dennis Sveum is an American ice dancer. With partner Kristin Fortune, he is the 1965 & 1966 U.S. national champion.{{cite web |url= http://cleveland2009.com/images/downloads/2009_Event_Past_US_Champions.pdf |title= Past U.S. Champions - Senior }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} They won the silver medal at the 1966 World Figure Skating Championships.{{cite web |url= http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf |title= ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships - Dance |access-date= 2009-03-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180929231327/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf |archive-date= 2018-09-29 |url-status= dead }}

Fortune and Sveum were coached by Jean Westwood and Charles Phillips."Top Ice", Skating magazine, Feb 1966

Results

(with Kristin Fortune)

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Event

! 1965

! 1966

World Championshipsalign="center" | 5thalign="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
North American Championshipsalign="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
U.S. Championshipsalign="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1stalign="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st

References