Cecilia Colledge

Cecilia Colledge
Cecilia Colledge in 1937
Personal information
Full name	Magdalena Cecilia Colledge
Country represented	United Kingdom
Born	(1920-11-28)28 November 1920 London, England
Died	12 April 2008(2008-04-12) (aged 87) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Height	152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Former coach	Jacques Gerschwiler Eva Keats
Skating club	Queens Park Ice Rink
Retired	1946
Medal record Representing  United Kingdom Ladies' Figure skating Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Singles World Championships 1938 Stockholm Singles 1937 London Singles 1935 Vienna Singles European Championships 1939 London Singles 1938 St. Moritz Singles 1937 Prague Singles 1936 Berlin Singles 1935 St. Moritz Singles 1933 London Singles

Magdalena Cecilia Colledge (28 November 1920 – 12 April 2008) was a British figure skater. She was the 1936 Olympic silver medalist, the 1937 World Champion, the 1937–1939 European Champion, and a six-time (1935–1939, 1946) British national champion.

Colledge is credited as being the first female skater to perform a double jump, as well as being the inventor of both the camel spin and the layback spin.

Cecilia Colledge grew up in London. Her father, Lionel, was a surgeon researching the treatment of throat cancer, and her mother, Margaret, the daughter of Admiral John Brackenbury. She had one sibling, a brother named Maule who served in the Royal Air Force and died during World War II.

Colledge never married and had no children. She died on 12 April 2008 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Colledge began skating after watching the 1928 World Championships, which were held in London. Her mother, Margaret, had been invited by the mother of Maribel Vinson. At the event, Cecilia was inspired by the performances of Sonja Henie and Maribel Vinson, who won gold and silver respectively.

During her career, Colledge was coached by Eva Keats and Jacques Gerschwiler. At age eleven years and four months, she represented Great Britain at the 1932 Winter Olympics, where she became the youngest Olympic figure skater. She placed 8th in the event.