Lloyd Valdemar Baxter better known as Skippy Baxter, is an American

United States

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 figure skater

Figure skating

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. He won two medals at the 1940 United States Figure Skating Championships

United States Figure Skating Championships

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: a bronze in men's singles and a silver in pair skating

Pair skating

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 with Hedy Stenuf

Hedy Stenuf

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. Baxter went on to skate professionally with the Ice Capades

Ice Capades

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Baxter choreographed a segment for the 1969 animated film A Boy Named Charlie Brown

A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969 film)

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, in which Snoopy

Snoopy

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skates.

He currently coaches figure skating in Northern California and was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame

United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame

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 in 2003.

Results

(mens singles)

Event	1940
U.S. Championships	3rd

(pairs with Stenuf)

Event	1940
U.S. Championships	2nd