{{short description|Canadian figure skater}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Mary Rose Thacker |image= |caption= |fullname= Mary Rose Thacker |altname= |country= Canada |formercountry= |birth_date= April 9, 1922 |birth_place= |hometown= Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |residence= |death_date= {{death date and age|1983|08|05|1922|04|09}} |death_place= Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |height= |partner= |formerpartner= |coach= |formercoach= |choreographer= |formerchoreographer= |skating club= Winnipeg Winter Club |retired= 1942 |medaltemplates= <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates --> {{MedalCountry | {{flagcountry|Canada|1921}}}} {{MedalSport | Ladies' Figure skating}} {{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}} {{MedalGold|1941 Philadelphia|Ladies' singles}} {{MedalGold|1939 Toronto|Ladies' singles}} }}

'''Mary Rose Thacker''' (April 9, 1922<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/temple_mrt.shtml|title=Memorable Manitobans: Mary Rose Thacker Temple (1922-1983)|publisher=Manitoba Historical Society|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref> &ndash; August 5, 1983<ref>{{cite news|title=The Globe and Mail|date=August 11, 1983|page=S8|quote="On August 5, 1983..."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=583|title=Honoured Members Database|work=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=2017-04-01|archive-date=April 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081029/http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=583|url-status=dead}}</ref>) was a Canadian singles figure skater and a three-time (1939, 1941–1942) national and two-time (1939 and 1941) North American champion. She began skating at the Winnipeg skating club at the age of three years. In 1937, she became Canadian junior ladies' champion. At 16 years old in 1939, she won both the national and North American titles. She retired as a competitive skater in 1942 and became a coach. She started a skating school in British Columbia in 1947 and trained skaters for the next 35 years. She was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame as an athlete in 1995. She is also a member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.

==Results== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Event ! 1936 ! 1937 ! 1939 ! 1940 ! 1941 ! 1942 |- | North American Championships || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || |- | Canadian Championships || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd J || bgcolor="gold" | 1st J || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |}

==References== {{reflist}} * [https://skatecanada.ca/1995-canadian-figure-skating-hall-of-fame-induction/#mthacker 1995 Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame Induction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401232647/https://skatecanada.ca/1995-canadian-figure-skating-hall-of-fame-induction/#mthacker |date=April 1, 2017 }} * James R. Hines: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LSEkqy6BS44C&pg=PA221 Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating]''

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