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Peggy Fleming as a Young Child
Peggy Gale Fleming was born on July 27, 1948, in San Jose, California. She grew up on a farm in Morgan Hill, CA with her three sisters, her mother and her father. Her family eventually moved to the Los Gatos hills. Peggy, a tomboy at heart, enjoyed tending farm animals, playing baseball with the neighborhood boys, and later, playing under the giant redwoods.
Peggy Fleming’s Skating Career Begins
Many people have either read about, or remember from experience, that Peggy’s mother, Doris, played a huge role in Peggy’s career as a figure skater. However, her father, Al Fleming was the one who introduced her to the sport. One Saturday in 1957, Peggy’s father packed up the girls and took them ice skating. Peggy and her parents knew this was her gift. During that first year – she skated every day, for one to two hours.
Peggy Fleming as a Young Teenager – Olympics at Age 15
As a young teen, Peggy competed in local and junior national championships. By this time, her family had moved to Pasadena, CA and Peggy
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Peggy Fleming
American figure skater
| Peggy Fleming | |
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Fleming at a joint Canada–USA event during the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
| Born | (1948-07-27) July 27, 1948 (age 76) San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Skating club | Arctic Blades FSC, Lake Arrowhead Broadmoor Skating Club, Colorado Springs |
| Retired | 1968 |
Peggy Gale Fleming[2] (born July 27, 1948) is a retired American figure skater.[3] She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968) in the same event. Fleming has been a television commentator in figure skating for over 20 years, including at several Winter Olympic Games.
Career
Fleming was born and grew up in San Jose, California,[4] the daughter of Doris Elizabeth (née Deal) and Albert Eugene Fleming, a newspaper journalist[2] and former U.S. Marine.[5] She began skating at age nine[6] when
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"I'm sure every girl out there wished that she could move like Peggy -- or look like Peggy -- and float like her on the ice,"says 1992 Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.
Known for her beauty and grace on and off the ice, Peggy Fleming dominated women's figure skating from 1966 to 1968, capping her career with her triumph at the 1968 Olympic Winter Games. At 19, Fleming was the only American to take home gold from Grenoble, France.
| Peggy Fleming won the second of three ladies' crowns at the 1967 World Figure Skating Championships in Vienna, Austria. |
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