Peggy Fleming

Peggy Fleming is an American figure skater who won the 1968 Olympic women’s singles gold medal and three consecutive world championships from 1966 to 1968.

1968 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Grenoble, France, from February 6 to 18, 1968. Fleming won the women’s singles gold medal at these Games.
Carlo Fassi: An Italian figure skating coach and former champion who trained several Olympic medalists. Fassi coached Fleming during the rise of her competitive career.
1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team plane crash: The crash of Sabena Flight 548, which killed the U.S. figure skating team traveling to the 1961 World Championships. The loss devastated the sport and left Fleming among a generation whose careers were transformed.
Sjoukje Dijkstra: A Dutch figure skater who won the 1964 Olympic women’s singles gold medal. Dijkstra was the reigning Olympic champion before Fleming won in 1968.
1966 World Figure Skating Championships: The 1966 edition of the annual world championships in figure skating. Fleming’s first world title began her three-championship winning streak.
William Kipp: An American figure skating coach who trained Peggy Fleming early in her career. Kipp was Fleming’s first coach before his death in the 1961 plane crash.
World Figure Skating Championships: The annual international championships organized by the International Skating Union for figure skating disciplines. Fleming’s three consecutive titles made her a leading champion in this competition.
Hana Mašková: A Czech figure skater who won the 1968 Olympic women’s singles bronze medal. Mašková shared Fleming’s Olympic podium as a leading European competitor.
1967 World Figure Skating Championships: The 1967 edition of the annual world championships in figure skating. Fleming retained her world title at this championship.
Laurence Owen: An American figure skater who competed in women’s singles and died in the 1961 plane crash that killed the U.S. team. Owen’s death profoundly affected Fleming, who had trained alongside her.

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