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Peggy Fleming
(1948-)
Who Is Peggy Fleming?
Peggy Fleming started figure skating at age 9. Soon the hobby blossomed into an amateur career and Fleming won several accolades for the sport, including U.S. titles and world championships. She then participated in the 1968 Olympics, where she won the only gold medal for the United States.
Thirty years later, Fleming was diagnosed with breast cancer. After going through surgery and chemotherapy, she successfully conquered her cancer.
Early Life
Peggy Gale Fleming was born on July 27, 1948, in San Jose, California. She began skating at age 9, and her family made several sacrifices to support the young athlete's amateur career. When she was 12, her coach was among those killed when a plane carrying the United States figure skating team crashed in Belgium.
With her new coach — the lithe, elegant skater Carlo Fassi — Fleming went on to win five U.S. titles and three world championships.
1968 Olympics
In 1968, Fleming won gold at the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France. Her gold medal was the only one achieved by the U.S. that y
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| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1948-07-27) July 27, 1948 (age 76) San Jose, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | William Kipp, Carlo Fassi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Arctic Blades FSC, Lake Arrowhead Broadmoor Skating Club, Colorado Springs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Ga
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Peggy Fleming
American figure skater
| Peggy Fleming | |
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Fleming at a joint Canada–USA event during the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
| Born | (1948-07-27) July 27, 1948 (age 76) San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Skating club | Arctic Blades FSC, Lake Arrowhead Broadmoor Skating Club, Colorado Springs |
| Retired | 1968 |
Peggy Gale Fleming[2] (born July 27, 1948) is a retired American figure skater.[3] She is the 1968 Winter 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. Fleming has been a television commentator in figure skating for over 20 years, including at several Winter Olympic Games.
Career
Fleming was born and grew up in San Jose, California,[4] the daughter of Doris Elizabeth (née Deal) and Albert Eugene Fleming, a newspaper journalist[2] and former U.S. Marine.[5] She began skating at age nine[6] when
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