Stanley Urban
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Stanley Urban is an American
United States
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 former ice dancer
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. With Sally Schantz
Sally Schantz
Sally Schantz is an American former figure skater. She competed in ice dance with Stanley Urban. Together, they were the 1963 U.S. Champions....

, he won the 1963 U.S. Championships
United States Figure Skating Championships
The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...

, and later won a further two medals at the U.S. Championships competing with his sister Susan Urban.

Urban, who was from Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
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, was a student at Boston College
Boston College
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 at the time he competed with Schantz. They were unable to defend their national title in 1964 because Urban was injured playing intramural football and had his leg in a cast for seven weeks. Schantz decided to turn professional at that time to take a coaching position. The following season, Urban returned to competition partnered with his sister Susan.

Results

(with Wilma Piper)
Event 1960 1961
U.S. Championships  4th J. 4th J.


(with Sally Schantz
Sally Schantz
Sally Schantz is an American former figure skater. She competed in ice dance with Stanley Urban. Together, they were the 1963 U.S. Champions....

)
Event 1963
World Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
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7th
North American Championships
North American Figure Skating Championships
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3rd
U.S. Championships  1st


(with Susan Urban)
Event 1965 1966
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 11th
North American Championships
North American Figure Skating Championships
The North American Figure Skating Championships were a former elite figure skating competition for skaters from the United States and Canada. It was a biennial competition held between 1923 and 1971, with locations alternating between the two countries.Although the event was classified as an...

 
4th
U.S. Championships 3rd 3rd
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