Carol Heiss
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After the 1956 Winter Olympics, Heiss had offers to turn professional and skate in ice shows. But her mother, Marie Heiss, was quite ill with cancer at the time, and before her death in October, 1956, she asked Carol to stay an amateur to win a gold medal for her. Between 1957 and 1960, Carol Heiss dominated women's figure skating like nobody since Sonja Henie. She was the World and U.S. Champion each year, and at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, Heiss captured the gold medal, being ranked first by all nine judges. She also took the Olympic Oath for the 1960 games. By winning the 1960 World Championships held after the Olympics, Heiss became one of three women to have won five consecutive World Championships. She retired thereafter.
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| IOC 1960 Winter Olympics IOC 1960 Winter Olympics www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1960 - Web |
| Carol Heiss Jenkins' U.S. Olympic Team bio Carol Heiss Jenkins' U.S. Olympic Team bio www.usolympicteam.com/26_13372.htm - Web |
| olympic.org olympic.org www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=70358 - Web |
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