Mary Batdorf Scotvold is an American

United States

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 figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 coach, best known for her work with Olympic medalists Paul Wylie

Paul Wylie

Paul Stanton Wylie is an American figure skater and 1992 Olympic silver medalist.-Biography:Born in Dallas, Texas, Wylie began skating at the age of three. At age eleven, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he began to train with Carlo Fassi...

 and Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Ann Kerrigan is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion.-Early life and skating career:...

, whom she co-coached with her husband, Evy Scotvold.

She won the novice ladies title at the 1959 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She later skated with Ice Follies

Ice Follies

Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies was a touring ice show featuring elaborate production numbers, similar in concept to Ice Capades. It was founded in 1937 by Eddie Shipstad, Roy Shipstad, and Oscar Johnson, who also skated in the show. In later years, Olympic skaters such as Donald Jackson, Barbara...

, and was married to former U.S. pair champion Ronald Ludington

Ronald Ludington

Ronald Ludington is an American figure skater and coach. He was born in Boston.-Biography:With his then-wife, Nancy Rouillard Ludington, he won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in pair skating four times, between 1957 and 1960, after having been the junior national champions in 1956...

, for a time. In the mid-1970s, after separating from Ludington, she began coaching at the Wagon Wheel rink in Rockton, Illinois

Rockton, Illinois

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, where her pupils included a young Scott Hamilton

Scott Hamilton (figure skater)

Scott Scovell Hamilton is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won four consecutive U.S. championships , four consecutive World Championships and a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics....

. It was there that she teamed up with Evy Scotvold. They coached in Janesville, Wisconsin

Janesville, Wisconsin

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 for a time before relocating to the Boston

Boston

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 area in 1986. They are now semi-retired and coaching part-time in Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

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.

In addition to Wylie and Kerrigan, the Scotvolds also coached 2000 World Junior

World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

 champion Jennifer Kirk

Jennifer Kirk

Jennifer Anne "Jenny" Kirk is an American retired competitive figure skater. She is the 2000 World Junior Champion and the 2002 Four Continents Champion.- Biography :...

. Mary was known primarily as the choreographer on the team rather than as a technical coach.

Mary's twin sister Anne Batdorf Militano is also a skating coach and former competitive skater.

Results

Event	1959
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...	1st N.