This female figure skater won the gold medal at three consecutive Winter Olympics, won the world championship on ten straight occasions, then went on to a long and lucrative show business career. Who was she?
A) Madge Syers-Cave B) Katarina Witt C) Peggy Fleming D) Sonja Henie ü
Norway’s Sonja Henie is generally regarded as the greatest female figure skating champion, and the sport’s first celebrity. After retiring from competition, she starred in numerous Hollywood movies, and made many live skating appearances in touring ice shows. She died of leukemia in 1969, aged just 57.
