Lawrence Demmy

{{short description|British ice dancer}}

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|birth_name= Lawrence Dembovsky

|birth_date= 1931

|birth_place= Manchester, England

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|death_date= 9 December {{death year and age|2016|1931}}

|death_place= Kingston upon Hull, England

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|partner= Jean Westwood

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{{MedalSport| Ice dancing}}

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{{MedalGold| 1955 Vienna|Ice dancing}}

{{MedalGold| 1954 Oslo|Ice dancing}}

{{MedalGold| 1953 Davos|Ice dancing}}

{{MedalGold| 1952 Paris|Ice dancing}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1955 Budapest|Ice dancing}}

{{MedalGold|1954 Bolzano|Ice dancing}}

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Lawrence Demmy (1931 – 9 December 2016) was an English ice dancer. With partner Jean Westwood, he was the World Champion for four consecutive years, 1952 to 1955{{cite web |url= http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf |title= ISU Official Results: World Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090325031008/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf |archivedate= 2009-03-25 }}[https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=lawrence+Demmy&pg=PA41 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History] (page 60); Bob Wechsler; KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 2008; {{ISBN|9780881259698}} [http://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2015/02/interview-with-jean-westwood.html Interview With Jean Westwood], Skate Guard, 7 February 2015 (plus the unofficial trial event in 1951), and European Champion in its first two editions in 1954 and 1955.{{cite web|url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147119-164335-54460-0-file,00.pdf |title=ISU Official Results: European Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dancing |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205005915/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-147119-164335-54460-0-file%2C00.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-05 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.isu.org/news/65-isu-news/11366-death-of-lawrence-demmy?templateParam=15|title=Death of Lawrence Demmy - ISU|last=Selina|website=www.isu.org|access-date=2018-11-03}}[https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications-archives/547-2063-death-of-lawrence-demmy/file Mr. Lawrence Demmy MBE], International Skating Union, 14 December 2016

They were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1977.