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Sonja Henie, born April 8, 1912 in Oslo, Norway. She was a figure skater and actress. She started skating at the age of six and it was her father Wilhelm Henie who is a one time world cycling champion and a prosperous fur trader who hired the best experts in the world to teach her daughter how to skate.
She won an unprecedent Ten World Figure Skating Championship and her first was at the age of 15. She dominated Amateur Women’s Figure Skating for 10 years and she took the gold in the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics.
She won six consecutive European championships and she was the first to adapt the short skirt costume and to use choreography in her routine.
In 1936, she turned pro in the United States and started acting until 1958 with her last film, “Hello London.”
She was at that time one of the wealthiest women in the world. She was diagnosed with leukemia in the mid 60s and died in 1969 on a flight from Paris to Oslo. Considered by most as the greatest figure skater in history, she has one more Olympic Medals and World Titles than any other woman in figure skating.
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