Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie
Henie at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameSonja Henie
Born(1912-04-08)8 April 1912
Died12 October 1969(1969-10-12) (aged 57)
on an ambulance plane flying from Paris to Oslo
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Norway
Skating clubOslo SK
Retired1956
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Ladies' Figure skating
Olympic Games
1928 St. Moritz Singles
1932 Lake Placid Singles
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Singles
World Championships
1927 Oslo Singles
1928 London Singles
1929 Budapest Singles
1930 New York Singles
1931 Berlin Singles
1932 Montreal Singles
1933 Stockholm Singles
1934 Oslo Singles
1935 Vienna Singles
1936 Paris Singles
1926 Stockholm Singles
European Championships
1931 St. Moritz Singles
1932 Paris Singles
1933 London Singles
1934 Prague Singles
1935 St. Moritz Singles
1936 Berlin Singles

Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European champion (1931–1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater. She is one of only two skaters to successfully defend a ladies' singles Olympic title, the other being Katarina Witt, and her six consecutive European titles have only been matched by Witt.

At the height of Henie's American acting career, she was one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood and starred in a series of box-office hits, including Thin Ice (1937), Happy Landing (1938), My Lucky Star (1938), Second Fiddle (1939), and Sun Valley Serenade (1941).