Surya Bonaly

Surya Bonaly
Bonaly in 2001
BornSurya Varuna Claudine Bonaly
(1973-12-15) 15 December 1973 (age 50)
Nice, France
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country France
Began skating1985
Retired1998
Medal record
Representing  France
Women's trampoline gymnastics
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1986 Paris Tumbling team
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Prague Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1994 Chiba Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1995 Birmingham Ladies' singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sofia Ladies' singles
Gold medal – first place 1992 Lausanne Ladies' singles
Gold medal – first place 1993 Helsinki Ladies' singles
Gold medal – first place 1994 Copenhagen Ladies' singles
Gold medal – first place 1995 Dortmund Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1996 Sofia Ladies' singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Budapest Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1990 Colorado Ladies' singles
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Sarajevo Ladies' singles
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Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly (born 15 December 1973) is a French retired competitive figure skater. She is a three-time World silver medalist (1993–1995), a five-time European champion (1991–1995), the 1991 World Junior Champion, and a nine-time French national champion (1989–1997).

Bonaly is the only Olympic figure skater to land a backflip on one blade; she performed it at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.