Peter Firstbrook

{{short description|Canadian figure skater}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Peter Firstbrook |image= |caption= |fullname= |altname= |country= {{CAN}} |birth_date= {{Birth date |1933|5|11}} |birth_place= |hometown= |death_date= {{nowrap|{{death date and age|1985|2|22|1933|5|11}}}} |death_place= Guanajuato, Mexico |height= |partner= |coach= |skating club= Toronto SC |retired= |medaltemplates=  {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}}}} {{MedalSport | Men's Figure skating}} {{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1953 Cleveland|Men's singles}}{{MedalSport | Fours' Figure skating}} {{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 1949 Philadelphia|Fours}} }} '''Peter Sprott Firstbrook''' (May 11, 1933 – February 22, 1985) was a Canadian figure skater. As a single skater, he was the 1951–1953 Canadian national champion. He placed 5th at the 1952 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winter-olympic-memories.com/html/results/jp_3d/06_oslo/06_figure/06_figure_m.htm |title=1952 VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo (Norway) Results |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820121951/http://winter-olympic-memories.com/html/results/jp_3d/06_oslo/06_figure/06_figure_m.htm |archivedate=August 20, 2008 }}</ref> He was one of the few skaters to win the Canadian Junior and Senior titles in consecutive years.

Firstbrook also competed as a pair skater. With partner Mary Kenner, he was the 1947 Canadian junior bronze medalist.

In addition to single and pair skating, Firstbrook competed in the four skating disciplines. With partners Mary Kenner, Vera Smith, and Peter Dunfield, he won the silver medal at the 1949 North American Figure Skating Championships. He died of pneumonia on February 22, 1985, in Guanajuato, Mexico, where he had been living in an artists' community.<ref>"Peter Sprott Firstbrook", ''The Globe and Mail'', February 26, 1985, pg. M5</ref><ref>"Deaths", ''The Globe and Mail'', February 23, 1985, pg. M11</ref>

==Competitive highlights==

===Singles career=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Competition ! 1949 ! 1950 ! 1951 ! 1952 ! 1953 |- | Winter Olympic Games || || || || align="center" | 5th || |- | World Championships || || || || align="center" | 7th || align="center" | 7th |- | North American Championships || || || align="center" | 4th || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |- | Canadian Championships || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd J. || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st J. ||align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st||align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |- |} * J = Junior level

===Pairs career=== (with Mary Kenner) {| class="wikitable" |- ! Competition ! 1947 |- | Canadian Championships || align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd J. |- |}

===Fours career=== (with Mary Kenner, Vera Smith, and Peter Dunfield) {| class="wikitable" |- ! Competition ! 1949 |- | North American Championships || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063120/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/peter-firstbrook-1.html Profile] * {{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 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Firstbrook, Peter}} Category:1933 births Category:1985 deaths Category:Canadian male single skaters Category:Canadian male pair skaters Category:Figure skaters at the 1952 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic figure skaters for Canada Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Mexico Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen