Rosemarie Stewart

{{short description|British figure skater}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}

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| fullname = Rosemarie Stewart Dench

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|6|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Woodbridge, Suffolk

| death_date = September 2001 (aged 87)

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| formerpartner = Ernest Yates

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Rosemarie Stewart (married name: Dench; 22 June 1914 – September 2001) was an English pair skater. She competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the pairs event with partner Ernest Yates. They placed 10th out of a field of 18 teams. She was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk.{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans |title = Rosemarie Stewart Biography and Olympic Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|year = 2009|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/rosemarie-stewart-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035555/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/rosemarie-stewart-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|accessdate = 2009-11-04}} After the Olympics she married Robert Dench and, together, they toured with the Ice Capades through the 1940s and the 1950s. Robert became an American citizen in 1944.{{Cite news|title = Drama Notes|newspaper =Chicago Tribune|pages = D6|date = 1944-02-20}}{{Cite news|title = Advance Good For N.Y. Harris Icer|newspaper = Billboard|pages = 62|date = 1955-09-17|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=2CMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62}}{{Cite news|title = Talent Topics|newspaper = Billboard|pages = 56|date = 1951-08-18|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=K0UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56}} She and her husband published a book to introduce people to pair skating in 1943.{{Cite web|title = Pair skating and dancing on ice|publisher = Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America|year = 2009|url = http://www.abaa.org/books/261129304.html|accessdate = 2009-11-04|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724214641/http://www.abaa.org/books/261129304.html|archivedate = 24 July 2011}}

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