query: country_of_citizenship dudley richards
supports: The World Figure Skating Championships (""Worlds"") is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Generally held in March, the World Championships are considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships, which also include the European Championships, the Four Continents Championships, and the World Junior Championships. With the exception of the Olympic title, a world title is considered to be the highest competitive achievement in figure skating. The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands, in 1892, making it one of the oldest international sport federations. The ISU was formed to establish standardized international rules and regulations for the skating disciplines it governs, and to organize international competitions in these disciplines. It is now based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The National Women's Hall of Fame is an American institution created in 1969 by a group of people in Seneca Falls, New York, the location of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention. The mission of the Hall is "to honor in perpetuity those women, citizens of the United States of America, whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science, have been the greatest value for the development of their country." Maribel Yerxa Owen (April 25, 1940  February 15, 1961) was an American figure skater. Canada (French: ) is a country in the northern half of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering , making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest land border. The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains. About four-fifths of the country's population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border. Its capital is Ottawa, its largest city is Toronto; other major urban areas include Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton. 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 (every two years) competition held between 1923 and 1971, with locations alternating between the two countries. Dudley `` Dud '' Shaw Richards ( February 4 , 1932 - February 15 , 1961 ) was an American figure skater who competed in men 's singles and pairs . In singles , he won the bronze medal at the 1953 United States Figure Skating Championships and finished sixth at that year 's World Figure Skating Championships . In pairs , he once skated with future Olympic gold medalist Tenley Albright , before later teaming up with Maribel Owen . After winning the bronze medal at Nationals in 1958 and 1959 , the pair captured the silver in 1960 and finished tenth at that year 's Winter Olympic Games . In 1961 , Owen and Richards won the gold medal at the U.S. Championships and finished second at the North American Figure Skating Championships . Away from the ice , Richards was a graduate of Harvard University and had spent time in the Army . He was also a real estate executive and a longtime friend ( and college roommate ) of future Senator Ted Kennedy . Richards was en route to the World Championships in 1961 when his plane , Sabena Flight 548 , crashed near Brussels , Belgium , killing all on board . He was 29 at the time of his death . Tenley Emma Albright (born July 18, 1935) is an American former figure skater and surgeon. She is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1952 Olympic silver medalist, the 1953 and 1955 World Champion, the 1953 and 1955 North American champion, and the 19521956 U.S. national champion. Albright is also a graduate of Harvard Medical School. In 2015 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
candidates: american canada montreal netherlands quebec united states of america
answer: united states of america