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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 1952–1956 U.S. national champion.
Harding spent much of her early life training, eventually dropping out of high school to devote her time to the sport. After climbing the ranks in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships between 1986 and 1989, Harding won the 1989 Skate America competition. She was the 1991 and 1994 U.S. champion, and 1991 World silver medalist.
The following is a list of notable figure skaters who have competed in women's singles.These are skaters who have won a gold, silver, or bronze medal at at least one of the following competitions: the Winter Olympics, the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the ...
In 1956, at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Albright, a 20-year-old pre-med student and veteran of the 1952 Olympics, became the first female American figure skater to win the ...
Debra Janine Thomas (born March 25, 1967) is an American figure skater and physician. She is the 1986 World champion, the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion.
Tonya becomes the first American female figure skater to complete two triple Axel jumps in competition. At the 1992 Winter Olympics , Tonya fails to stick her landings and finishes fourth . Defeated, she takes a job as a waitress, but Diane convinces her to train for the 1994 Winter Olympics .
Taking home gold at her first ever Olympics for her figure skating performance in Nagano, Japan wasn't just beginner's luck for Tara Lipinski. Although she was just 15 years old at the 1998 Winter ...
Olympic figure skater Scott Hamilton has been candid about his health battle since getting diagnosed with cancer for the first time in 1997.. Years after his 1984 gold medal win at the Olympic ...