Wallace William "Wally" Diestelmeyer

1926 - 1999  (73 years)

• Name	Wallace William "Wally" Diestelmeyer
  Born	14 Jul 1926	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Honors	1992
  	Skate Canada Hall of Fame
  		1948 Stake Program
  Interesting	sports - ice skating
  Name	Wallace William "Wally" Diestelmeier
  Residence	17 Troy St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-264323
  Died	23 Dec 1999	Oakville, Halton, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I264323	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Philip Diestelmeyer,   b. 23 Mar 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1955  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Rosia "Rose" Hebel,   b. 20 Jun 1893, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1980  (Age 86 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1915	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F230965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Diestelmeyer,Wallace-0001.jpg Wallace Diestelmeyer & Suzanne Morrow Bronze medal winners 1948 Olympics

  
  

• Notes

  Wallace William "Wally" Diestelmeyer (July 14, 1926 \endash December 23, 1999) was a Canadian figure skater. He competed in pair skating with Suzanne Morrow. The couple won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1948 World Figure Skating Championships. They are credited as being the first pair to perform the death spiral one-handed, with the man holding the woman in position with one hand, at the 1948 Olympic Games. After retiring from competitions Distelmeyer worked as a skating coach. In 1992 he was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame, together with Morrow. "Wallace Diestelmeyer - Wikipedia". 2022. En.Wikipedia.Org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Diestelmeyer. __________________ Wally Diestelmeyer gained attention in Canada when he won the pairs competition at the junior Canada Figure Skating championships in 1942 with Flaurine Ducharme. With partner [Suzi Morrow], however, he not only won a bronze medal in figure skating pairs at the 1948 Winter Olympics, but developed and first performed figure skating's death spiral with only one hand. Previously this move, which entails the man pivoting with one toe on the ice while the woman circles him with her body almost parallel to the ice, had been performed professionally with two hands, and thus the female was not lowered entirely to the ice. The pair had also taken the same medal at the 1948 World Championships. He and Morrow were the North American pairs champions in 1947, and the Canadian champions in 1947 and 1948. Diestelmeyer also had a previous pairs title with the non-Olympian Joyce Perkins in 1946. He also competed occasionally in singles events, but did not perform remarkably at the international level, placing 9th at the 1948 World Championships and 12th at that year's Olympic Games. He was, however, the Canadian champion in the event in 1948. After his retirement, he worked as a skating coach and instructor. He, along with partner Morrow, was made a member of the Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 1992. "Wallace Diestelmeyer Bio, Stats, And Results". 2022. Olympics At Sports-Reference.Com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033125/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/wallace-diestelmeyer-1.html.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Charles Philip Diestelmeyer Sex: Male Age: 25 Birth Year (Estimated): 1890 Berlin Occ: machine hand - Berlin Father's Name: Albert Diestelmeyer Mother's Name: Minnie Rau Spouse's Name: Rose Hebel Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 22 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1893 Lisbon, Ont Res: Berlin Spouse's Father's Name: Christ Hebel Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Lippert Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1915 Marriage Place: Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Jul 1926 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth