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Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is an American former figure skater. She is the 1968 Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968) in the same event.
Apr 2, 2014 · Figure skater Peggy Fleming won the only U.S. gold medal in the 1968 Olympics. Later, she publicly battled breast cancer, beating it with radiation therapy.
Peggy Fleming is the 1968 Olympic Gold medalist in Figure Skating. Her victory was particularly significant since she was the only U.S. athlete to win a gold medal in these Olympic Winter Games. Peggy’s athletic, graceful and elegant style would also lead to five U.S. titles and three World titles.
Jan 6, 2022 · The California native restored the dominance of the American figure skating program after a 1961 plane crash killed the entire U.S. figure skating team at the time, including Fleming's coach, according to Today.
Peggy Fleming (born July 27, 1948, San Jose, California, U.S.) is an American figure skater who dominated world-level women’s competition from 1964 through 1968. (Read Scott Hamilton’s Britannica entry on figure skating.) Fleming began skating at age nine.
Peggy Fleming’s enduring grace and style has led to a figure skating legacy spanning nearly 50 years. To this day, she remains fondly in the hearts of figure skating fans and Olympic enthusiasts around the world.
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Jun 27, 2018 · Peggy Fleming. American ice skater Peggy Fleming (born 1948) was the only U.S. athlete to win an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble, France. One of skating's first bona-fide celebrities, Fleming is credited with luring legions of youth to the sport and for making figure skating a staple of sports broad casting on network ...
Dec 22, 2012 · Peggy Fleming - America's Golden Girl | Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Footage of Peggy Fleming's famous 1968 Gold medal in figure...
Figure skater Peggy Fleming became an American icon after her 1968 triumph in Grenoble. She remembers her nerves and elation from 52 years ago.
Sixth at the 1964 Olympics, Peggy Fleming vowed she would return in 1968 to win the gold medal. She did and has since gone on to become one of the most popular professional skaters ever. Peggy Fleming first won at the 1960 Pacific Championships and her first National Senior title was in 1964.
