At
nine years of age she joined the Chatham Figure Skating
Club and was recognized as a talent. At 11, she was the
youngest skater to win the Canadian Figure Skating Silver
Dance Medal. In 1959 she was very busy, placing third in
the Canadian Figure Skating Championships and 5th
in the North American Championships and then being first
in the trial for the Olympic Games. She placed 10th
overall in the women’s figure skate at the Squaw Valley
Olympics. Shortly after she was married, Sandra Tewksbury
Ritchie died in an automobile accident when she was 20
years old.
- 1953
- One of youngest skaters ever to win the Canadian
Figure Skating Association Silver Dance Medal
. Won United States Figure Skating
Association Silver Dance Medal
- 1956
- World's only skater to win gold medals in
compulsory figures from three different Figure
Skating Associations, Canada, United States, and
England
- 1957
- Won the senior ladies' title at the Niagara
Invitational Championships at Buffalo, New
York. Won the senior ladies' title at the
Western Ontario Sectional Championships qualifying
her for the Canadian Championships for the first
time 1959. Placed third at the Canadian
Figure Skating Championships as well placed fifth
at the North American Figure Skating
Championships. Placed tenth at the World
Figure Skating Championships
- 1960
- Placed first at the Canadian Olympic
Trials. Placed tenth at the Olympic Figure
Skating Championships
- 1962
- Died at age 20 in Guelph, Ontario as a result of
a car accident
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