Sonja Henie
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Sonja Henie at the 1936 Olympics
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| Full name | Sonja Henie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 April 1912 Oslo, Norway |
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| Died | 12 October 1969 (aged 57) during a flight from Paris to Oslo (leukemia) |
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| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner |
Jack Dunn Stewart Reburn |
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| Former coach | Howard Nicholson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Oslo SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Sonja Henie with her art collection in Los Angeles, 1964. Her collection is now held by the Henie-Onstad Art Centre. |
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 Ladies' 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. At the height of her acting career, she was one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood.
Henie was born in Kristiania, current Oslo, the only daughter of Wilhelm Henie (1872–1937), a prosperous Norwegian furrier, and his wife Selma Lochmann-Nielsen (1888–1961). In addition to the income from the fur business, both of Henie's parents had inherited wealth. Wilhelm Henie had been a one-time World Cycling Champion and the Henie children were encouraged to take up a variety of sports at a young age. Henie initially showed talent at skiing, and then followed her older brother Leif to take up figure skating. As a girl, Henie was also a nationally ranked tennis player and a skilled swimmer and equestrienne. Once Henie began serious training as a figure skater, her formal schooling ended. She was educated by tutors, and her father hired the best experts in the world, including the famous Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina, to transform his daughter into a sporting celebrity.
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