{{Short description|Canadian figure skater}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Peter Dunfield |image= |caption= |fullname= |altname= |country= Canada |formercountry= |birth_date= September 1931 |birth_place= |hometown= |residence= |death_date= {{Death date and given age|2014|5|25|82}}<!-- {{death date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|yyyy|mm|dd}} (death date followed by birth date) --> |death_place= {{nowrap|Seattle, Washington, U.S.}} |height= |formerpartner= |formercoach= |formerchoreographer= |skating club= Toronto SC <br> Gloucester Skating Club |retired= |show-medals= yes |medaltemplates= <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates --> {{MedalCountry| {{CAN}}}} {{MedalSport | Fours' figure skating}} {{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 1949 Philadelphia|Fours}} }}
'''Peter Dunfield''' (c. 1931 – May 25, 2014) was a Canadian figure skater and coach. He competed in four skating, winning the 1949 North American silver medal, and single skating. He is best known for coaching Elizabeth Manley to the 1988 Olympic silver medal.
== Career == Dunfield competed in four skating with partners Mary Kenner, Peter Firstbrook, and Vera Smith. The group won the silver medal at the 1949 North American Championships.
As a single skater, Dunfield won the Canadian national junior title in 1951 and bronze on the senior level in 1952 and 1953.<ref name=SC140527/> He was sent to the 1953 World Championships in Davos, Switzerland and the 1954 World Championships in Oslo, Norway, placing eighth both times.
From the early 1960s, Dunfield coached with his wife in New York City at the Sky Rink.<ref name=IN140529/> When the rink closed around 1983, they moved to the Gloucester Skating Club in Orleans, Ontario.<ref name=IN100214/> His students included: * Elizabeth Manley (from 1983 to 1988),<ref name=IN100214/> 1988 Olympic silver medalist. * Yuka Sato (from age 16 to 21)<ref name=IN140529/> * Charlene Wong (from 1986 to 1990)<ref name=IN080131/> * Melissa Militano / Mark Militano * Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph, 1964 Olympic bronze medalists.<ref name=NYT131213/> * Scott Allen * Angela Derochie * Vera Wang<ref name=IN140529/>
Dunfield retired from coaching in the late 1990s.<ref name=IN140529/> He was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2001.
== Personal life == Dunfield was married to American skater and coach Sonya Klopfer, with whom he had two sons.<ref name=SC140527/> He died of a lung ailment in his sleep in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 82 on May 25, 2014.<ref name=OC140527/><ref name=CBC140527/>
==Competitive highlights== ===Singles career=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | '''International''' |- ! Event ! 1950 ! 1951 ! 1952 ! 1953 ! 1954 |- | align=left | World Championships || || || || 8th || 8th |- | align=left | North American Championships || || || || 5th || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | '''National''' |- | align=left | Canadian Championships || bgcolor=silver | 2nd J. || bgcolor=gold | 1st J. || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || |- | colspan=6 align=center | <small> J. = Junior level </small> |}
===Fours career=== (with Mary Kenner, Vera Smith, and Peter Firstbrook)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center | '''International''' |- ! Event ! 1949 |- | align=left | North American Championships || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=SC140527>{{cite news | url = http://skatecanada.ca/AboutUs/NewsDetails/tabid/2157/sni%5B2797%5D/3531/language/en-US/Default.aspx | title = Skating community saddened by the death of Peter Dunfield | work = Skate Canada | date = May 27, 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name=OC140527>{{cite news | url = https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/local-sports/liz-manleys-skating-coach-peter-dunfield-dies-at-82 | title = Liz Manley's skating coach, Peter Dunfield, dies at 82 | first = Wayne | last = Scanlan | work = Ottawa Citizen | date = May 27, 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name=CBC140527>{{cite news | url = https://ca.news.yahoo.com/peter-dunfield-former-skating-coach-elizabeth-manley-dies-192106266.html | title = Peter Dunfield, former skating coach to Elizabeth Manley, dies | work = CBC News | publisher = Yahoo News | date = May 27, 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name=IN100214>{{cite news | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100214&content_id=8074628&vkey=ice_news | title = Manley says "she feels like a million dollars" | first = Amy | last = Rosewater | work = IceNetwork | date = February 14, 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name=IN140529>{{cite news | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014/05/29/77368290 | title = Dunfield remembered as teacher, motivator | first = Lois | last = Elfman | work = IceNetwork | date = May 29, 2014 }}</ref>
<ref name=IN080131>{{cite news | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080131&content_id=43284&vkey=ice_news | title = Behind the scenes of figure skating - Jan. 31 | first = Lois | last = Elfman | work = IceNetwork | date = January 31, 2008 }}</ref>
<ref name=NYT131213>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/14/sports/olympics/1964-olympic-skating-pair-only-now-discovering-their-place.html?pagewanted=all | title = 1964 Olympic Skating Pair Only Now Discovering Their Place | first = Amy | last = Rosewater | work = The New York Times | date = December 13, 2013 }}</ref>
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* {{cite web | url= http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-%20Volume1-1896-1973.pdf | title= Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 1 - 1896 - 1973 | publisher= Skate Canada | url-status= dead | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101122231727/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-%20Volume1-1896-1973.pdf | archivedate= 2010-11-22 }} * {{cite web | url =http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/championships_results.pdf | title =Canadian National Championships Medallists | publisher =Skate Canada | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20090920093937/http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/championships_results.pdf | archivedate =2009-09-20 }}
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