Meet Carol Heiss, the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Champion Who’s a Member of Figure Skating Royalty
Long before Mirai Nagasu’s milestone triple axel, U.S.
figure skater Carol Heiss made history as the first woman to land a double axel in competition.
In 1956, she took silver at the Winter Games in Cortina, Italy — second to American Tenley Albright.Four years later, at the Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, she brought home the gold.“It was sort of a whirlwind,” Carol Heiss recalled of her Olympic year, speaking to figure skating podcaster Allison Manley.
But she does remember that after getting her medal, it was back to work — just two hours later.“I was in my