Joyce Pamela Coates is a former British

United Kingdom

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 pair skater

Pair skating

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 who competed with Anthony Holles. They finished tenth at the 1956 Winter Olympics

1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out...

, captured the bronze medal at the 1958 and 1959 European Figure Skating Championships

European Figure Skating Championships

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, and came in fourth at the 1959 World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

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. They retired from competition before the 1960 season, turning professional to take up coaching.

Results

(with Holles)

Event	1956	1957	1958	1959
Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...	10th
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...	7th	5th	4th
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...	4th	5th	3rd	3rd
British Championships British Figure Skating Championships The British Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United Kingdom...	1st	1st	1st	1st

World professional pair skating champions 1962