Diane Towler

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Coach Diane Towler-Green at the Nebelhorn trophy 2006 in Oberstdorf, Germany

Diane Towler (married Green) (born December 16 in London, England) is a former British figure skater and currently a figure skating coach.

She is a four-time World and European Champion in ice dancing with skating-partner Bernard Ford. Their coach was Gladys Hogg. They participated at the introduction of ice dancing at the Olympics in 1968. Ice Dancing has become part of the Winter-Olympics in 1976.

After her amateur career, Diane Towler and Bernard Ford participated in ice shows. After her skating-partner moved to Canada, Towler became a figure skating coach. Among her students are Janet Sawbridge and Peter Dalby (Bronze at the Europeans 1972) and her twins Candice and Phillipa.

[edit] Competitive highlights with Bernard Ford

Event/Season	63-64	64-65	65-66	66-67	67-68	68-69
World Championships	13.	4.	1.	1.	1.	1.
European Championships	-	4.	1.	1.	1.	1.
British Nationals	3.	1.	1.	1.	1.

[edit] References

Skatabase: 1960-1969 Worlds: Ice Dancing Results
Skatabase: 1960-1969 Europeans: Ice Dancing Results
Interview with user:Uwe Langer
Statistics user:Uwe Langer

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World champions in figure skating – Ice dancing

1952–1955: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy · 1956: Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas · 1957–1958: June Markham & Courtney Jones · 1959–1960: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones · 1962–1965: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman · 1966–1969: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford · 1970–1974: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov · 1975: Irina Moiseyeva & Andrei Minenkov · 1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov · 1977: Irina Moiseyeva & Andrei Minenkov · 1978–1979: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponossov · 1980: Krisztina Regöczy & Andras Sallay · 1981–1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean · 1985–1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin · 1989–1990: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko · 1991: Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay · 1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko · 1993: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin · 1994–1997: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov · 1998–1999: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov · 2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat · 2001: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio · 2002: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh · 2003: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz · 2004–2005: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov · 2006–2007: Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski · 2008: Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder

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European champions in figure skating – Ice dancing

1954–1955: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy · 1956: Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas · 1957–1958: June Markham & Courtney Jones · 1959–1961: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones · 1962: Christiane Guhel & Jean Paul Guhel · 1963: Linda Shearman & Michael Phillips · 1964–1965: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman · 1966–1969: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford · 1970–1971: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov · 1972: Angelika Buck & Erich Buck · 1973–1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov · 1977–1978: Irina Moiseyeva & Andrei Minenkov · 1979–1980: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponossov · 1981–1982: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean · 1983: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin · 1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean · 1985–1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin · 1989–1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko · 1993: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin · 1994: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean · 1995: Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko · 1996–1998: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov · 1999: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov · 2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat · 2001: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio · 2002: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat · 2003: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh · 2004–2006: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov · 2007: Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder · 2008: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin

Persondata
NAME	Towler-Green, Diane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Towler Diane
SHORT DESCRIPTION	British figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH	December 16th
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, England, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH