Tenley Albright

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Olympic medalist
Tenley Albright
Medal record
Figure skating
Silver	1952 Oslo	Ladies' singles
Gold	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Ladies' singles

Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. (born July 18, 1935 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts) became the first American female skater to win a figure skating Olympic gold medal, at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. She also won the U.S. Championships 5 times, from 1952 to 1956; was World Champion in 1953 and 1955; and had been the silver medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Albright retired from competitive skating after the 1956 season. Unlike most elite-level skaters, she never skated professionally. She had entered Radcliffe College in 1953 as a pre-med student, and after her Olympic triumph she focused on completing her education. Albright graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1961, and went on to become a surgeon. Her interest in medicine was spurred by being hospitalized for an attack of polio as a child.

Contents 1 Competitive highlights 2 Quotes 3 External links 4 Navigation

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
Olympic Games		2nd				1st
World Championships			1st	2nd	1st	2nd
U.S. Championships	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

[edit] Quotes

• Whatever you do, if you do it the best you can, has a relation to whatever else you do. People have said to me, 'What connection does surgery have to figure skating?'
• If you don't fall down, you aren't trying hard enough.
• I would bet you that most people who have succeeded, even though they had an idea of what they wanted to do, didn't just say, "I want to be..." and then name a title, or say "happy" or something like that. I bet it's because they loved what they were doing.

[edit] External links

• IOC Athlete Biography
• Newsweek article about Albright's experience with polio
• CNNSI.com - 100 Greatest Female Athletes
• Tenley Albright's U.S. Olympic Team bio

[edit] Navigation

Persondata
NAME	Albright, Tenley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Albright, Tenley Emma
SHORT DESCRIPTION	United States figure skater
DATE OF BIRTH	July 18, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newton, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH