Albright, Tenley

Albright, Tenley

▪ American figure skater
in full  Tenley Emma Albright  
born July 18, 1935, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, U.S.

      American figure skater (figure skating) and first American woman to win the world championships (1953) and an Olympic gold medal in figure skating (1956). She was also the first to win the world, North American, and United States titles in a single year (1953).

      Albright started skating when she was eight years old. She began to skate seriously at age 11 in order to regain her strength following an attack of nonparalytic poliomyelitis. Six years later she began to make her mark on the sport when she won five straight U.S. women's championships (1952 through 1956) and two consecutive North American titles (1953 and 1955). She won the world championships in 1953 and again in 1955.

      At the 1952 Olympic Winter Games in Oslo, Norway, Albright received a silver medal. Two weeks before the 1956 Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, she tripped on the ice, and her left skate opened a huge gash on her right ankle. Her father, a surgeon, took care of the wound, but it was unknown if she would be able to skate. Although she was in pain, Albright managed to skate well enough to earn the Olympic gold medal. Carol Heiss (Heiss, Carol), an American and her closest competitor, managed to beat her at the 1956 World Championships, where Albright finished second. Afterward, Albright skated briefly as a professional in order to repay her father the money he had spent on her skating.

      Albright's jumping ability was minimal compared with what female skaters could do at the beginning of the 21st century—a single axel was her most difficult jump. However, she had an elegance and style that made her skating unforgettable. Educated at Radcliffe College and Harvard University (M.D., 1961), Albright entered medical practice in Boston, where she was a surgeon like her father.

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