Biography of Tenley Albright -

Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. (born July 18, 1935)
became the first United States|American female
skater to win a figure skating Olympic gold medal,
at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo,
Italy. She also won the U.S. Championships 5
times, between 1952 and 1956; was World Figure
Skating Championships|World Champion in 1953 and
1955; and had been the silver medalist at the 1952
Winter Olympics. 

Albright retired from competitive skating after
the 1956 season.  Unlike most elite-level skaters,
she never skated professionally.  She had entered
Radcliffe College in 1953 as a pre-med student,
and after her Olympic triumph she focused on
completing her education.  Albright graduated from
Harvard Medical School in 1961, and went on to
become a surgeon. Her interest in medicine was
spurred by being hospitalized for an attack of
polio as a child.

==External links==
*http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.
asp?PAR_I_ID=71583 IOC Athlete Biography
*http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/alb0int-1
Academy of Achievement interview - June 21, 1991
*http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7587852/site/newsweek
/ Newsweek article about Albright's experience
with polio

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Biography of Tenley Albright -