Ronald Joseph (figure skater)
[1] He is Jewish and worked as a hand surgeon in Arizona and Florida.[3] The skating pair of Vivian and Ron Joseph began competing together by the late 1950s and became the U.S. national junior champions in 1961.The Josephs were selected to represent the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and initially finished fourth.A few years later, the silver medalists, Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler of Germany, were disqualified after they were accused of signing a pro contract before the Olympics.[5][6] Vivian and Ron won the national senior title in 1965.