Diane Ogibowski

Diane Mae^[1] Ogibowski (born June 19, 1965)^[2] is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She placed 6th at the 1981 World Junior Championships, held in December 1980 in London, Ontario. The following season, she won two senior international medals – silver at the 1981 Karl Schäfer Memorial^[3] and bronze at the 1981 Ennia Challenge Cup.^[4] At the Canadian Championships, she won the novice ladies' title in 1980 and became the junior champion the next year.^[5] She was a member of the Brandon Figure Skating Club in Brandon, Manitoba,^[1] and won the Brandon Sun's 1981 Krug Crawford Award.^[6]

Diane Ogibowski
Full name	Diane Mae Ogibowski
Other names	Hextall
Born	(1965-06-19) June 19, 1965 (age 60) Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada
Hometown	Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada
Figure skating career
Country	Canada
Coach	Trudy Hickling
Skating club	Minnedosa & Brandon FSC
Began skating	1975 (age 10) in Minnedosa
Retired	c. 1985

Ogibowski grew up on a farm northeast of Basswood, Manitoba.^[7] She married Canadian ice hockey player Ron Hextall and gave birth to their first child, Kristin, in 1986.^[8] Their other children are named Brett, Rebecca, and Jeffrey.^[9]

Competitive highlights

International[3][4]
Event	79–80	80–81	81–82	82–83	83–84	84–85
Ennia Challenge			3rd
NHK Trophy				8th
Prague Skate						4th
Schäfer Memorial			2nd
Skate Canada				7th
International: Junior
World Junior Champ.		6th
National[5]
Canadian Champ.	1st N	1st J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior