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Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is an American former figure skater. 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.
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.
Jan 6, 2022 · Peggy Fleming is a gold medalist and a key figure in the history of U.S. figure skating. But now that she's retired, what is she up to today?
Jul 19, 1998 · 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.
Figure skater Peggy Fleming became an American icon after her 1968 triumph in Grenoble. She remembers her nerves and elation from 52 years ago.
Jun 27, 2018 · Peggy Fleming. 1948-American figure skater. One of the most influential female athletes of the past century, Peggy Fleming combined grace and power to create some of the most memorable figure-skating programs of her era.
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.
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...
At the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games, Peggy Fleming won the United States’ only Olympic gold in the entire competition. She built up a huge lead after the compulsory figures and easily won the first-place votes of all nine judges.
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.
