Harold Hartshorne
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Harold Hartshorne was an American ice dancer.

With partner Nettie Prantell, he was the 1937-1938 U.S. Champion
United States Figure Skating Championships
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 and 1943 bronze medalist medalist. With partner Sandy MacDonald
Sandy Macdonald
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, he was the 1939-1941 U.S. Champion and 1942 silver medalist. With partner Kathe Mehl, he is the 1944 U.S. silver medalist.

After his competitive career ended, Hartshorne became a skating judge. He was en route to the World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
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 in 1961 when his plane (Sabena Flight 548
Sabena Flight 548
Sabena Flight 548, registration OO-SJB, was a Boeing 707 aircraft that crashed en route to Brussels, Belgium, from New York City on February 15, 1961, killing the entire United States Figure Skating team on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.The flight, which...

) crashed near Brussels, Belgium, killing all on board. His wife, Louisa, was also killed in the crash.

He was one of the founders of the Skating Club of New York
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. At the time of his death, he was the president of the Skating Club of New York and the U.S. Figure Skating dance committee chairman.

He attended Princeton University
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.

The Hartshorne Estate at 80 Oakes Road, Little Silver, New Jersey
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 is on the list of Monmouth County Historic Sites.

In 1981, twenty years after his death, Hartshorne was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame
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.

Ice Dance

(with Prantell)
Event 1936 1937 1938 1943
U.S. Championships
United States Figure Skating Championships
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2nd 1st 1st 3rd


(with MacDonald)
Event 1939 1940 1941 1942
U.S. Championships
United States Figure Skating Championships
The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...

 
1st 1st 1st 2nd


(with Mehl)
Event 1944
U.S. Championships
United States Figure Skating Championships
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2nd
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