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Sonja Henie
Famous İce Skater
Sonja Henie, (born April 8,
1912, Kristiania [now Oslo],
Norway—died October 12,
1969. Henie began skating
when she was six years old. At
age 10 she won the Norwegian
national figure-skating
championship, and in 1924 she
competed in the Winter
Olympic Games in Chamonix,
France.
Henie incorporated ballet
movements into her skating;
she had taken ballet lessons
from the age of five and was
influenced by ballerina Anna
Pavlova. Coached by Swedish
Olympic medalist Gillis
Grafström, she transformed a
predictable series of colourless
exercises into a spectacular
and popular exhibition.