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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.
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...
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?
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.
Feb 8, 2018 · NBC’s Anne Thompson catches up with Peggy Fleming, whose gold medal win 50 years ago lifted the U.S. figure skating program.
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.
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.
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.
