Diane Ogibowski
Canadian figure skater
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Diane Mae[1] Ogibowski (born June 19, 1965)[2] is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She placed 6th at the 1981 World Junior Championships, held in December 1980 in London, Ontario. The following season, she won two senior international medals – silver at the 1981 Karl Schäfer Memorial[3] and bronze at the 1981 Ennia Challenge Cup.[4] At the Canadian Championships, she won the novice ladies' title in 1980 and became the junior champion the next year.[5] She was a member of the Brandon Figure Skating Club in Brandon, Manitoba,[1] and won the Brandon Sun's 1981 Krug Crawford Award.[6]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Diane Mae Ogibowski |
| Other names | Hextall |
| Born | June 19, 1965 Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada |
| Home town | Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Canada |
| Coach | Trudy Hickling |
| Skating club | Minnedosa & Brandon FSC |
| Began skating | 1975 (age 10) in Minnedosa |
| Retired | c. 1985 |
Ogibowski grew up on a farm northeast of Basswood, Manitoba.[7] She married Canadian ice hockey player Ron Hextall and gave birth to their first child, Kristin, in 1986.[8] Their other children are named Brett, Rebecca, and Jeffrey.[9]
Competitive highlights
| International[3][4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 |
| Ennia Challenge | 3rd | |||||
| NHK Trophy | 8th | |||||
| Prague Skate | 4th | |||||
| Schäfer Memorial | 2nd | |||||
| Skate Canada | 7th | |||||
| International: Junior | ||||||
| World Junior Champ. | 6th | |||||
| National[5] | ||||||
| Canadian Champ. | 1st N | 1st J | 4th | 5th | ||
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | ||||||