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Biography of Rosalynn Sumners - Figure Skater
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Rosalynn Sumners (born April 20, 1964) is an United States|American ladies' singles figure skating|figure skater. She was the U.S. National champion in 1982, 1983 and 1984, World Figure Skating Championships|World champion in 1983, and won a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics (second to Katarina Witt). Though born in Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto, California, Sumners was raised Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds, Washington, learned to skate there, and considered it to be her hometown throughout her skating career. 5th Avenue in Edmonds was renamed "Rosalynn Sumners Boulevard" in 1984 after her Olympic performance. Sumners lent three of her world figure skating medals to an Edmonds bank for display in 1984. When she returned to pick them up, the bank had changed ownership, and no one knew where the medals had been stored. They were lost for 20 years, but discovered as unclaimed property in a safe deposit box and returned to Sumners (with a mock "awards" ceremony) by the state of Washington in 2004. sportbio-stub
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