country formerpartner death_date death_place birth_place birth_date article_title name altname
united states nathaniel niles 12 march 1978 brookline , massachusetts , u.s. brookline , massachusetts , u.s. 21 august 1893 theresa weld
 theresa weld theresa weld blanchard
theresa weld

theresa weld blanchard -lrb- august 21 , 1893 ; brookline , massachusetts -- march 12 , 1978 ; brookline , massachusetts -rrb- was an american figure skater who competed in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating .
her pairs partner was nathaniel niles .
as a singles skater , she won the gold medal at the u.s. figure skating championships six times and competed three times in the olympics , capturing a bronze medal in 1920 .
with niles , she won the national pairs title nine times and also participated in the olympics three times .
blanchard was also the long-time volunteer editor of the united states figure skating association 's official publication , `` skating '' magazine ; first jointly with niles from the magazine 's founding in 1923 , and then as sole editor after his death in 1931 , up until 1963 .
the magazine was originally published out of her home .
her long competitive career gave her many contacts throughout the skating world .
she also served as the first chair of the association 's professionals committee from 1937 to 1947 .
