American figure skater who contracted polio at age 11, but won the U.S. figure skating championship in 1952 and the silver medal in the 1952 Olympics. In 1956, she became the first American woman to win the Olympic gold medal in figure skating.

In 1976, Albright was appointed to a seat on the U.S. Olympic Committee, the first woman to hold that position.

Tenley Albright on the web

• Tenley Albright
  A biography from HickokSports.com.
• Tenley Albright
  Profile with photographs.

About Tenley Albright

• Categories: figure skater Olympics silver medal ice skating,  first American gold medal winner, first woman on USOC
• Places: United States
• Period: 20th century

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