https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_lGt6auYDo Tara Lipinski won the gold medal in Women's Figure Skating at the Nagano Olympics, on February 20, 1998. At the age of 15, she was the youngest Olympic gold medalist in the history of the sport. Tara Lipinski, a 15-year-old girl wearing ice skates, blue sequins and an infectious smile, became the youngest Olympic gold … [Read more...] about Tara Lipinski Wins Gold-February 20, 1998
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Katarina Witt Wins First Gold Medal – February 18, 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6j7EkxVAHc Katarina Witt won the first of her two Olympic gold medals at the Winter games in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (formerly Yugoslavia) on February 18, 1984. Skating for East Germany, Witt was 18 years old. She was competing against Americans Elaine Zayak and Rosalyn Sumners. Zayak won the World Championship in 1982 and Sumners … [Read more...] about Katarina Witt Wins First Gold Medal – February 18, 1984
Sonja Henie Wins 3rd Consecutive Gold Medal – February 15, 1936
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pdl39K30yM Sonja Henie won the gold medal in Women's Figure Skating on February 15, 1936, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. She is the only woman to ever win three consecutive Olympic skating titles. At the age of 11 she represented Norway at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. That year she came in last among a field of … [Read more...] about Sonja Henie Wins 3rd Consecutive Gold Medal – February 15, 1936
Peggy Fleming Skates to Gold – February 10, 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB3-r6uAlm8 Peggy Fleming won the gold medal in Women's Figure Skating on February 10, 1968. She was the only American to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. The New York Times described Fleming's win as "a victory of the ballet over the Ice Follies approach to figure skating." Women's figure skating became an … [Read more...] about Peggy Fleming Skates to Gold – February 10, 1968