Sonya Klopfer

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Sonya Klopfer

Personal information

Country represented

Medal record

Competitor for the United States
Ladies' figure skating
World Championships
Silver	1952 Paris	Ladies' singles
Bronze	1951 Milan	Ladies' singles
North American Championships
Gold	1951 Calgary	Ladies' singles

Sonya Klopfer Dunfield is an American figure skater. She is the 1951 U.S. national champion. Having won at age 15, she was the youngest U.S. ladies' champion until Tara Lipinski won in 1997 at age 14.^[1] Klopfer is a two-time World medalist (bronze in 1951 and silver in 1952). She placed 4th at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Following her retirement from competitive skating, she married Peter Dunfield and worked as a coach. She coached Dorothy Hamill,^[2] Elizabeth Manley, and Scott Smith among many others. She was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 2001.^[3] and in 2005 was inducted along with her husband, Peter Dunfield, into the Professional Skaters Association' Coaches Hall of Fame.^[4]

Klopfer was named after Sonja Henie.^[5]

Results

Singles

Event	1950	1951	1952
Winter Olympics			4th
World Championships	5th	3rd	2nd
North American Championships		1st
U.S. Championships	2nd	1st

References

↑ Swift, E.M. (February 24, 1997). "Kid Stuff". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
↑ International Figure Skating -> Cover Story
↑ Skate Canada: About Skate Canada: Hall of Fame: Honoured Members
↑ http://www.skatepsa.com/Hall-Of-Fame-P.htm
↑ "Sport: Olympic Figures". Time. December 31, 1951.

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1923: Theresa Weld 1925–1927: Beatrix Loughran 1929–1935: Constance Wilson-Samuel 1937: Maribel Vinson 1939–1941: Mary Rose Thacker 1945–1947: Barbara Ann Scott 1949: Yvonne Sherman 1951: Sonya Klopfer 1953–1955: Tenley Albright 1957–1959: Carol Heiss 1961: Laurence Owen 1963: Wendy Griner 1965: Petra Burka 1967: Peggy Fleming 1969: Janet Lynn 1971: Karen Magnussen

v t e United States national champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

1914: Theresa Weld 1918: Rosemary Beresford 1920–1924: Theresa Weld 1925–1927: Beatrix Loughran 1928–1933: Maribel Vinson 1934: Suzanne Davis 1935–1937: Maribel Vinson 1938–1940: Joan Tozzer 1941–1942: Jane Vaughn 1943–1948: Gretchen Merrill 1949–1950: Yvonne C. Sherman 1951: Sonya Klopfer 1952–1956: Tenley Albright 1957–1960: Carol Heiss 1961: Laurence Owen 1962: Barbara Roles 1963: Lorraine Hanlon 1964–1968: Peggy Fleming 1969–1973: Janet Lynn 1974–1976: Dorothy Hamill 1977–1980: Linda Fratianne 1981: Elaine Zayak 1982–1984: Rosalynn Sumners 1985: Tiffany Chin 1986: Debi Thomas 1987: Jill Trenary 1988: Debi Thomas 1989–1990: Jill Trenary 1991: Tonya Harding 1992: Kristi Yamaguchi 1993: Nancy Kerrigan 1994: None* 1995: Nicole Bobek 1996: Michelle Kwan 1997: Tara Lipinski 1998–2005: Michelle Kwan 2006: Sasha Cohen 2007: Kimmie Meissner 2008: Mirai Nagasu 2009: Alissa Czisny 2010: Rachael Flatt 2011: Alissa Czisny 2012–2013: Ashley Wagner 2014: Gracie Gold

*Originally awarded to Tonya Harding, but later stripped.

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