Wings on My Feet
Autobiography
By: Sonja Henie
Date: 1940
Source: Henie, Sonja. Wings on My Feet. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1940, 70–76.
About the Author: Sonja Henie (1912–1969) was born in Oslo, Norway. She first laced up a pair of skates at age eight and, at ten, won the first of six straight Norwegian figure-skating championships. She had stunning success as a figure skater, winning the European title for eight consecutive years and winning the world championship ten years in a row. She won Olympic gold in 1928, 1932, and 1936, after which she turned professional and began a career in Hollywood as a movie star.
Introduction
Sonja Henie dominated amateur women's figure skating from the late 1920s into the 1930s. Her record of success and longevity at the top of her sport, by today's standards, is breathtaking. She first competed at the Winter Olympics at the age of...
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