Pamela Davis

Pamela Davis was a distinguished figure skating judge who officiated at six Olympics between 1956 and 1984. Her father Lionel Louch was a non-travelling reserve for the Great Britain football team at the 1908 London Olympics.

Born Pamela Louch, she married William Davis in 1944. Having been educated at schools in Ealing and Hammersmith, she later worked for the Bank of England. Davis enjoyed a brief skating career, and with Ernest Yates (who also became a competitive skating judge) finished second in the 1946 British Pairs Championship behind brother and sister Winnie and Dennis Silverthorne. Two years later, with new partner Peter Scholes, Davis again finished second in the British Championships, and to another pair of siblings, Jennifer and John Nicks. When she officiated at her final Olympics in 1984 Davis was 62-years-of-age.