Heiss, Carol

Heiss, Carol

▪ American figure skater
in full  Carol Elizabeth Heiss 
born January 20, 1940, New York, New York, U.S.

      American figure skater (figure skating) who from 1956 through 1960 dominated women's competition.

      Heiss began to skate at age six, and she won the world championships in 1956, a title she held for four more years. She also captured the North American championship in 1957 and 1959 and the U.S. national championship from 1957 through 1960. Although narrowly defeated by Tenley Albright (Albright, Tenley) of the United States at the 1956 Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, she won the gold medal for women's figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.

      Heiss was coached by Pierre and Andrée Brunet (Brunet, Andrée; and Brunet, Pierre), former Olympic and world champion pairs skaters. She was the first woman to land a double axel. After the 1960 Olympics, she married Hayes Alan Jenkins (Jenkins, Hayes Alan), an American figure skater who had won multiple world and national titles, including the 1956 Olympic gold medal. She skated briefly in ice shows and also appeared in a Hollywood movie. Years later she returned to skating as a successful coach.

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