Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie
Henie at the 1936 Olympics
Full nameSonja Henie
Born(1912-04-08)8 April 1912
Oslo, Norway
Died12 October 1969(1969-10-12) (aged 57)
on an ambulance plane flying from Paris to Oslo
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Norway
Skating clubOslo SK
Retired1956
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Ladies' Figure skating
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1928 St. Moritz Singles
Gold medal – first place 1932 Lake Placid Singles
Gold medal – first place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1927 Oslo Singles
Gold medal – first place 1928 London Singles
Gold medal – first place 1929 Budapest Singles
Gold medal – first place 1930 New York Singles
Gold medal – first place 1931 Berlin Singles
Gold medal – first place 1932 Montreal Singles
Gold medal – first place 1933 Stockholm Singles
Gold medal – first place 1934 Oslo Singles
Gold medal – first place 1935 Vienna Singles
Gold medal – first place 1936 Paris Singles
Silver medal – second place 1926 Stockholm Singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1931 St. Moritz Singles
Gold medal – first place 1932 Paris Singles
Gold medal – first place 1933 London Singles
Gold medal – first place 1934 Prague Singles
Gold medal – first place 1935 St. Moritz Singles
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin Singles
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Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European champion (1931–1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater. She is one of only two skaters to defend a ladies' singles Olympic title, the other being Katarina Witt, and her six European titles have only been matched by Witt.

At the height of Henie's American acting career, she was one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood and starred in a series of box-office hits, including Thin Ice (1937), Happy Landing (1938), My Lucky Star (1938), Second Fiddle (1939), and Sun Valley Serenade (1941).[1]

  1. ^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Sonja Henie". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2015.