Ice Skating

Women in figure skating and speed skating, especially at the Olympics

A list of profiles, with links to more information, for female skating champions, broken down into the three disciplines of the skating sport at the Olympics:

Figure Skating - Individual Tenley Albright Oksana Baiul Nicole Bobek Peggy Fleming Dorothy Hamill Carol Heiss (Jenkins) Sonja Henie Nancy Kerrigan Michelle Kwan Tara Lipinski Barbara Ann Scott (Florence) Madge Syers Debi Thomas Katarina Witt Kristi Yamaguchi Figure Skating - Pairs Ekaterina Gordeeva Irina Rodnina

Speed Skating Bonnie Blair Catriona Le May Doan Christa Luding-Rothenburger Claudia Pechstein Ice Dancing Jayne Torvill Article Women Olympic Skaters

Related pages on About include:

• Olympic Skating Events, 2002
• Women and the Olympics
• Women and Sport
• Women Figure Skaters
• Women Speed Skaters
• Ancient Olympics

You'll find information throughout this site on hundreds of other notable women. If you can't find someone by checking the categories on the front page, the list of articles, the list of biographies, or the library page, then use the search on this page.

Related Books

• Brennan, Christine. Edge of Glory: The Inside Story of the quest for Figure Skating's Olympic Gold Medals. 1998, 1999.
• Brennan, Christine. Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating. 1996, 1997.
• Ryan, Joan. Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters 1995, 2000.
  

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