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Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins (born January 20, 1940 in New York, NY) is an American figure skater. Image File history File links Carol-Heiss-1960. ... Image File history File links Carol-Heiss-1960. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... The VII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1956 in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy. ... The VIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, USA. Alexander Cushing, the creator of the resort, campaigned vigorously to win the Games. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... New York, New York redirects here. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ...

Heiss grew up in Queens, New York, where she started skating at the age of 6. She was coached by Pierre Brunet. Heiss first came to national prominence in 1951, when she was U.S. Novice Ladies' Champion at age 11. She won the U.S. Junior Ladies title in 1952, and then moved up to the senior level in 1953. In 1953-1956, she finished second to Tenley Albright at the national championships. Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. ... Pierre Brunet (June 28, 1902â€“July 27, 1991) was a figure skater who competed for France. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. (born July 18, 1935) - at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, became the first American lady to win a figure skating Olympic gold medal. ...

Heiss's 1956 performance qualifed her for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. She won the silver medal, while Albright took the gold. However, at the following World Figure Skating Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany, Heiss defeated Albright for the title; it was the first of her five consecutive world titles. During that time, she attended and graduated from New York University. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The VII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1956 in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy. ... Cortina dAmpezzo (population 8000) is a town in the province of Veneto, northern Italy. ... The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual event in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. ... Garmisch-Partenkirchen (29,875 inhabitants; 01-01-2004) is a market town, and the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Austria. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...

After the 1956 Winter Olympics, Heiss had offers to turn professional and skate in ice shows. But her mother, Marie Heiss, was quite ill with cancer at the time, and before her death in October, 1956, she asked Carol to stay an amateur to win a gold medal for her. Between 1957 and 1960, Carol Heiss dominated women's figure skating like nobody since Sonja Henie. She was U.S. and World Champion every year, and at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, Heiss captured the gold medal, being ranked first by all nine judges. When normal cells are damaged beyond repair, they are eliminated by apoptosis. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. ... The VIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, USA. Alexander Cushing, the creator of the resort, campaigned vigorously to win the Games. ... Squaw Valley can refer to the following places in California in the United States: Squaw Valley, California - A census-designated place located in Fresno County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq. ...

Following her retirement from figure skating in 1960, Heiss played the female lead in the 1961 film Snow White and the Three Stooges. She married Hayes Alan Jenkins, who had won the 1956 Winter Olympic gold medal in men's figure skating, and whose brother David Jenkins had won the men's figure skating gold medal in 1960. Although Heiss briefly skated in ice shows after the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics, she retired from the sport in 1962. However, in the late 1970s, she returned to coach several skaters in her hometown, Akron, Ohio, area, and became a prominent figure skating coach. Some of her students include Timothy Goebel, Tonia Kwiatkowski and Miki Ando. American figure skater Hayes Alan Jenkins was born March 23, 1933. ... David Jenkins was born on June 29, 1936, and is the brother of figure skater Hayes Alan Jenkins. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Nickname: The Rubber Capital of the World Official website: http://www. ... Timothy Richard Goebel was born on September 10, 1980 in Evanston, Illinois, son of Ginny and Rick Goebel. ... Tonia Kwiatkowski is an American figure skater. ... Miki Ando (å®‰è—¤ç¾Žå§«, AndÅ Miki, born on December 18, 1987) is a Japanese figure skater. ...

Heiss was known as a very athletic skater for her time. In 1953, she became the first female skater to land a double axel jump. Another one of her trademarks was doing a series of alternating clockwise and counterclockwise single axels. Heiss, incidentally, normally rotated her jumps clockwise and spins counterclockwise; it's much more common for skaters to do both in the same direction, usually counterclockwise. 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Tonya Harding performs a triple Axel jump at the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. ...

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Olympic Champions in Figure Skating – Ladies Single

1908: Madge Syers-Cave | 1920: Magda Julin | 1924: Herma Planck-Szabo | 1928: Sonja Henie | 1932: Sonja Henie | 1936: Sonja Henie | 1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1952: Jeannette Altwegg | 1956: Tenley Albright | 1960: Carol Heiss | 1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1968: Peggy Fleming | 1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1976: Dorothy Hamill | 1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1984: Katarina Witt | 1988: Katarina Witt | 1992: Kristi Yamaguchi | 1994: Oksana Baiul | 1998: Tara Lipinski | 2002: Sarah Hughes | 2006: Shizuka Arakawa Florence Madeleine Madge Syers (born Cave) (1881-September 1917) was a British figure skater. ... Magda Julin born Mauroy (born July 24, 1894 in France; â€ December 21, 1990 in Stockholm/Sweden) was a Swedish figure skater and Olympic champion 1920 in the Ladies single event. ... Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. ... Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. ... Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. ... Barbara Ann Scott doing a Stag Jump Barbara Ann Scott (born May 9, 1928 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a world and Olympic champion figure skater. ... Jeannette Altwegg (born September 8, 1930 in Liverpool) was an British figure skater. ... Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. (born July 18, 1935) - at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, became the first American lady to win a figure skating Olympic gold medal. ... Competitive Highlights 1956 Olympics - 12th 1959 World Championships - 3rd 1960 European Championships - 1st Olympics - 2nd World Championships - 2nd 1961 European Championships - 1st 1962 European Championships - 1st World Championships - 1st 1963 European Championships - 1st World Championships - 1st 1964 European Championships - 1st Olympics - 1st World Championships - 1st Categories: ‪Dutch Figure Skaters‬ | ‪Figure... Peggy Fleming (born July 27, 1948 in San Jose, California) is an American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1968. ... Beatrix Schuba (born April 15, 1951) was an Austrian figure skater. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Anett PÃ¶tzsch (* June 3, 1960 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today renamed Chemnitz), Saxony, Germany) is a German figure skater. ... Katarina Witt (December 3, 1965, Staaken) is a German figure skater, in Germany commonly affectionately called Kati Witt. Won two Olympic Gold Medals for East Germany, first in the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. ... Katarina Witt (December 3, 1965, Staaken) is a German figure skater, in Germany commonly affectionately called Kati Witt. Won two Olympic Gold Medals for East Germany, first in the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. ... Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American figure skater. ... Oksana Baiul Oksana Baiul (Ukrainian: ), born November 16, 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, is a professional figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. ... Tara Lipinski Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) of Sugar Land, Texas is an accomplished figure skater and media celebrity. ... for the United States District Court judge, see Sarah T. Hughes Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985 in Great Neck, New York) was the Olympic gold medalist in womens figure skating in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Shizuka Arakawa (è’å· é™é¦™ Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a Japanese figure skater who won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Ladies Singles in Turin, Italy on February 23, 2006, and the 2004 World Figure Skating Championship. ...

World Champions in Figure Skating – Ladies Single

1906-1907: Madge Syers-Cave | 1908-1911: Lily Kronberger | 1912-1914: Opika von Meray-Horvath | 1922-1926: Herma Planck-Szabo | 1927-1936: Sonja Henie | 1937: Cecilia Colledge | 1938-1939: Megan Taylor | 1947-1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1949-1950: Alena *Ája* Vrzáňová | 1951: Jeanette Altwegg | 1952: Jacqueline du Bief | 1953: Tenley Albright | 1954: Gundi Busch | 1955: Tenley Albright | 1956-1960: Carol Heiss | 1962-1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1965: Petra Burka | 1966-1968: Peggy Fleming | 1969-1970: Gabriele Seyfert | 1971-1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1973: Karen Magnussen | 1974: Christine Errath | 1975: Dianne de Leeuw | 1976: Dorothy Hamill | 1977: Linda Fratianne | 1978: Anett Pötzsch | 1979: Linda Fratianne | 1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1981: Denise Biellmann | 1982: Elaine Zayak | 1983: Rosalynn Sumners | 1984-1985: Katarina Witt | 1986: Debi Thomas | 1987-1988: Katarina Witt | 1989: Midori Ito | 1990: Jill Trenary | 1991-1992: Kristi Yamaguchi | 1993: Oksana Baiul | 1994: Yuka Sato | 1995: Lu Chen | 1996: Michelle Kwan | 1997: Tara Lipinski | 1998: Michelle Kwan | 1999: Maria Butyrskaya | 2000-2001: Michelle Kwan | 2002: Irina Slutskaya | 2003: Michelle Kwan | 2004: Shizuka Arakawa | 2005: Irina Slutskaya | 2006: Kimmie Meissner Florence Madeleine Madge Syers (born Cave) (1881-September 1917) was a British figure skater. ... Lily Kronberger was a Hungarian figure skater. ... Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. ... Cecilia Colledge (born November 1920) was a British figure skater. ... Barbara Ann Scott doing a Stag Jump Barbara Ann Scott (born May 9, 1928 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a world and Olympic champion figure skater. ... Alena *Ãja* VrzÃ¡ÅˆovÃ¡, born May 16, 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia is a former Czech figure skater. ... Jacqueline du Bief (born December 4th, 1930) is a French figure skater. ... Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. (born July 18, 1935) - at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, became the first American lady to win a figure skating Olympic gold medal. ... Gundi Busch really Gundola Busch (born April 29, 1935 in Milano/Italy) is a German figure skater and the first World champion in Womenâ€™s single representing Germany. ... Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. (born July 18, 1935) - at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, became the first American lady to win a figure skating Olympic gold medal. ... Competitive Highlights 1956 Olympics - 12th 1959 World Championships - 3rd 1960 European Championships - 1st Olympics - 2nd World Championships - 2nd 1961 European Championships - 1st 1962 European Championships - 1st World Championships - 1st 1963 European Championships - 1st World Championships - 1st 1964 European Championships - 1st Olympics - 1st World Championships - 1st Categories: ‪Dutch Figure Skaters‬ | ‪Figure... Petra Burka is a former World Champion Figure Skater and now coach. ... Peggy Fleming (born July 27, 1948 in San Jose, California) is an American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1968. ... Gabriele (Gaby) Seyfert (born November 23, 1948 in Chemnitz) is a former German figure skater. ... Beatrix Schuba (born April 15, 1951) was an Austrian figure skater. ... Karen Diane Magnussen (born April 4, 1952) is a Canadian figure skater. ... Christine Errath (born December 29, 1956 in Berlin, Germany) is a German figure skater. ... Dianne de Leeuw (born November 19, 1955 in the USA) is a Dutch figure skater. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Linda Fratianne (born August 2, 1960 in Los Angeles-Northridge, California, USA) was an American Olympic figure skater, who won four consecutive U.S. Championships (1977-1980). ... Anett PÃ¶tzsch (* June 3, 1960 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today renamed Chemnitz), Saxony, Germany) is a German figure skater. ... Linda Fratianne (born August 2, 1960 in Los Angeles-Northridge, California, USA) was an American Olympic figure skater, who won four consecutive U.S. Championships (1977-1980). ... Anett PÃ¶tzsch (* June 3, 1960 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today renamed Chemnitz), Saxony, Germany) is a German figure skater. ... Denise Biellmann (born December 11, 1962) - three-time national Swiss figure skating champion, known for her Biellmann spin. ... Zayak on the podium at the 1982 World Championships. ... Rosalynn Sumners (born April 20, 1964) is an American ladies singles figure skater. ... Katarina Witt (December 3, 1965, Staaken) is a German figure skater, in Germany commonly affectionately called Kati Witt. Won two Olympic Gold Medals for East Germany, first in the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. ... Dr. Debi Thomas (born March 25, 1967) was a figure skater and was the first African American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. ... Katarina Witt (December 3, 1965, Staaken) is a German figure skater, in Germany commonly affectionately called Kati Witt. Won two Olympic Gold Medals for East Germany, first in the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. ... Midori Ito (ä¼Šè—¤ã¿ã©ã‚Š ItÅ Midori, born August 13, 1969) is a former Japanese figure skater. ... Trenary at the 1990 U.S. Championships. ... Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American figure skater. ... Oksana Baiul Oksana Baiul (Ukrainian: ), born November 16, 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, is a professional figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. ... Yuka Sato (born February 14, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. ... Lu Chen (Simplified Chinese: é™ˆéœ², pinyin: ChÃ©n LÃ¹) (born 24 November 1976 in Changchun, China) is a Chinese figure skater. ... Michelle Wing Kwan (Traditional Chinese:é—œç©ŽçŠ, Simplified Chinese: å…³é¢–çŠ, born July 7, 1980), is an American figure skater and media celebrity who has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. ... Tara Lipinski Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) of Sugar Land, Texas is an accomplished figure skater and media celebrity. ... Michelle Wing Kwan (Traditional Chinese:é—œç©ŽçŠ, Simplified Chinese: å…³é¢–çŠ, born July 7, 1980), is an American figure skater and media celebrity who has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. ... Maria Butirskaya (Russia) Maria Butirskaya (Russian: ) is a Russian figure skater. ... Michelle Wing Kwan (Traditional Chinese:é—œç©ŽçŠ, Simplified Chinese: å…³é¢–çŠ, born July 7, 1980), is an American figure skater and media celebrity who has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. ... Irina Slutskaya (ru: Ð˜Ñ€Ð¸Ð½Ð° Ð¡Ð»ÑƒÑ†ÐºÐ°Ñ), born February 9, 1979 in Moscow, Russia is a Russian figure skater. ... Michelle Wing Kwan (Traditional Chinese:é—œç©ŽçŠ, Simplified Chinese: å…³é¢–çŠ, born July 7, 1980), is an American figure skater and media celebrity who has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. ... Shizuka Arakawa (è’å· é™é¦™ Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a Japanese figure skater who won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Ladies Singles in Turin, Italy on February 23, 2006, and the 2004 World Figure Skating Championship. ... Irina Slutskaya (ru: Ð˜Ñ€Ð¸Ð½Ð° Ð¡Ð»ÑƒÑ†ÐºÐ°Ñ), born February 9, 1979 in Moscow, Russia is a Russian figure skater. ... Kimberly Kimmie Claire Meissner (born October 4, 1989 in Towson, Maryland) is an American figure skater and current World Figure Skating Champion (2006). ...

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