Tenley Albright | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Tenley Emma Albright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Newton Centre, Massachusetts, U.S. | July 18, 1935||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Skating Club of Boston[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tenley Emma Albright (born July 18, 1935) is an American former figure skater and surgeon. She is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1952 Olympic silver medalist, the 1953 and 1955 World Champion, the 1953 and 1955 North American champion, and the 1952–1956 U.S. national champion. Albright is also a graduate of Harvard Medical School. In 2015, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.[2]