Patricia Devries
British figure skater
Florence Patricia Devries (6 July 1930 – 9 November 2014) was a British figure skater. She competed in the ladies' singles event at the 1952 Winter Olympics.
In 1953, she married three times world champion speedway rider Freddie Williams. She died on 9 November 2014 in Hungerford, aged 84.
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