Cecilia Colledge

Cecilia Colledge
Cecilia Colledge in 1937
Full nameMagdalena Cecilia Colledge
Born(1920-11-28)28 November 1920
London, England
Died12 April 2008(2008-04-12) (aged 87)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country Great Britain
CoachJacques Gerschwiler
Eva Keats (former)
Skating clubQueens Park Ice Rink
Retired1946
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Ladies' singles figure skating
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ladies' singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1938 Stockholm Ladies' singles
Gold medal – first place 1937 London Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1935 Vienna Ladies' singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1939 London Ladies' singles
Gold medal – first place 1938 St. Moritz Ladies' singles
Gold medal – first place 1937 Prague Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin Ladies' singles
Bronze medal – third place 1935 St. Moritz Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1933 London Ladies' singles
Colledge with Austrian figure skater Eva Pawlik (1937)
Colledge in 1938

Magdalena[1] Cecilia Colledge (28 November 1920 – 12 April 2008) was a British figure skater. She was the 1936 Olympic silver medalist, the 1937 World Champion, the 1937–1939 European Champion, and a six-time (1935–1939, 1946) British national champion.[2]

Colledge is credited as being the first female skater to perform a double jump, as well as being the inventor of both the camel spin and the layback spin.

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