Theresa Weld

Personal information
Other names	Theresa Weld Blanchard
Born	(1893-08-21)August 21, 1893 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 12, 1978(1978-03-12) (aged 84) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Skating club	SC of Boston
Retired	1934
Medal record Representingthe United States Ladies'figure skating Summer Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Ladies' singles North American Championships 1925 Boston Ladies' singles 1923 Ottawa Ladies' singles PairsFigure skating North American Championships 1929 Boston Pairs 1927 Toronto Pairs 1925 Boston Pairs 1923 Ottawa Pairs

Theresa ("Tee") Weld Blanchard (August 21, 1893 – March 12, 1978) was an Americanfigure skater who competed in the disciplines ofsingle skating andpair skating. Her pairs partner wasNathaniel Niles.^[1] She has been called the "grande dame" of American figure skating.^[2] According to figure skating historian James R. Hines, she earned 32 medals in her career, "was a voice of encouragement to several generations of skaters, and was of assistance to many coaches".^[2]

As a singles skater, she won the gold medal at theU.S. Figure Skating Championships six times and competed three times in theOlympics, capturing a bronze medal in 1920.^{[citation needed]} She came in first place in women's singles at three of the five regional championships held in the U.S. prior to and immediately after World War I.^[2] She was the first North American to win a medal at the Olympics.^[3] With Niles, she won the national pairs title nine times and also participated in the Olympics three times.^{[citation needed]} After her marriage in 1920, she competed under her married name.^[2]

Blanchard was also the long-time volunteer editor of theUnited States Figure Skating Association's official publication,Skating magazine; first jointly with Niles from the magazine's founding in 1923, and then as sole editor after his death in 1931, until 1963.^[2] The magazine was originally published from her home. Her long competitive career gave her many contacts throughout the skating world. She also served as the first chair of the association's Professionals Committee from 1937 to 1947.

(with Niles)

• Wright, Benjamin T. (1996).Skating in America (1921–1996): The 75th Anniversary History of the United States Figure Skating Association. Colorado Springs.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

• 1893 births
• 1978 deaths
• Sportspeople from Brookline, Massachusetts
• American female single skaters
• American female pair skaters
• Figure skaters at the 1920 Summer Olympics
• Figure skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics
• Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in figure skating
• Olympic medalists in figure skating
• Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
• 20th-century American sportswomen

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