Mollie Phillips
Phillips at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mollie Doreen Phillips | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 July 1907 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 December 1994 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
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Mollie Doreen Phillips OBE (27 July 1907 – 15 December 1994) was a British figure skater and Olympic judge. She is regarded as a pioneer in the sport. Phillips was the first woman to carry a national flag at the opening ceremony of an Olympic Games when she led out Great Britain at the 1932 Winter Olympics. In 1961 she became High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire, the first woman to hold the title.