Guy Revell

Guy Revell
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1941-08-02)August 2, 1941 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died
Height
Former partner	Debbi Wilkes
Former coach	Bruce Hyland, Margaret Hyland
Skating club	Unionville Skating Club
Former training locations	Crosby Arena
Retired	1964
Medal record Representing Canada Figure skating: Pairs Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Pairs World Championships 1964 Dortmund Pairs North American Championships 1963 Vancouver Pairs 1961 Philadelphia Pairs

Guy Revell (August 2, 1941 — March 11, 1981) was a Canadian pair skater. With skating partner Debbi Wilkes, he became a two-time Canadian national champion, the 1963 North American champion, and the 1964 Olympic silver medalist.

Career

Revell began skating with Debbi Wilkes, six years his junior, in 1958 after meeting at the Unionville skating carnival. Though their height difference was adequate at the start of their partnership, by the time she was 17, in 1963, her height was 5'5" to Revell's 5'4". They were coached by Bruce Hyland at Crosby Arena and represented the Unionville Skating Club throughout their career.

Wilkes fell from a lift while posing for press photographs prior to the 1963 World Championships, hitting the ice head-first and fracturing her skull. The pair had to withdraw from the competition.

Wilkes/Revell were awarded the bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, while gold went to Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov and silver to Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler. After taking the bronze at the 1964 World Championships in Dortmund, the pair parted ways — Wilkes decided to pursue an education while Revell elected to tour professionally in ice shows.

In 1966, Wilkes/Revell were informed that the silver medalists in Innsbruck, Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler of Germany, had been disqualified after an International Olympic Committee investigation found they had signed pro contracts before the Olympics. IOC executive James Worrall presented Wilkes/Revell with the silver medals during the Canadian Championships in Peterborough, Ont. Later, Kilius/Baumler were reinstated in the record books, but the medals were never redistributed. In December 2013, after an investigation by The New York Times, the International Olympic Committee confirmed that Kilius/Bäumler and Wilkes/Revell share the 1964 Olympic silver medal and Joseph/Joseph of the United States are the bronze medalists. Despite the information on its website over the years, the IOC stated that this was intended to be the official result since 1987.

Revell joined the Ice Capades and had a long career skating professionally with Gertrude Desjardins. Having relatively little formal education, he had difficulty adjusting to life after the end of his performing career and committed suicide in 1981.

Results

File:Eiskunstlauf-Weltmeisterschaft 1964 916-1179.jpg

Wilkes/Revell on the podium at the 1964 World Championships

(with Wilkes)

International
Event	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
Winter Olympics						2nd
World Championships		11th		4th	WD	3rd
North American Championships	5th		3rd		1st
National
Canadian Championships	1st J.	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st
WD = Withdrew