Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Peggy Fleming: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Peggy Gale Fleming
Born July 27, 1948 (age 78) • San Jose • California
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games

Photos

Peggy Fleming, 2011
Peggy Fleming, wearing a light green skating dress, glides with arms outstretched on an outdoor ice rink in Grenoble, France, with mountains in the background.
Peggy Fleming: 1968 Winter Olympics
See All Images →
Dorothy Hamill, 1975
Dorothy Hamill
American figure skater
default image
Lyudmila Belousova
Russian figure skater
default image
Oleg Protopopov
Russian figure skater
Alysa Liu of the USA performs a spin in a gold costume during the women's single free skating final at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Alysa Liu
American figure skater
“Raspberry twist”
Ilia Malinin
American figure skater
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American figure skater
Tara Lipinski smiles at the camera, wearing a sleeveless black and white top with her long blonde hair loose over her shoulders.
Tara Lipinski
American figure skater
Historic champion
Kristi Yamaguchi
American figure skater
A gold medalist
Brian Boitano
American figure skater
American figure skater Tenley Albright, 1956.
Tenley Albright
American figure skater
Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie
American athlete
Dick Button
Dick Button
American figure skater
default image
Carol Heiss
American figure skater
default image
Hayes Alan Jenkins
American figure skater
default image
David Jenkins
American figure skater
default image
John Curry
British figure skater
default image
Christopher Dean
English figure skater
default image
Pierre Brunet
French figure skater
default image
Andrée Brunet
French figure skater
default image
Yekaterina Gordeeva
Russian figure skater

Related Quizzes

Finnish skater Juulia Turkkila during the Ladies' singles at the World Figure Skating Championships, Megasport Arena on April 30, 2011 in Moscow, Russia. (ice skating, sports)
Figure Skating Quiz
Serena Williams of the United States returns a shot during her women's singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on Day Fourteen of the 2013 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 8, 2013 in New York City.
Women in Sports: Who Said It?
Cricket bat and ball. cricket sport of cricket.Homepage blog 2011, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
Sports Quiz