Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie
Henie at the 1936 Olympics
Full nameSonja Henie
Born(1912-04-08)8 April 1912
Oslo, Norway
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. MoritzSingles
1932 Lake PlacidSingles
1936 Garmisch-PartenkirchenSingles
World Championships
1927 OsloSingles
1928 LondonSingles
1929 BudapestSingles
1930 New YorkSingles
1931 BerlinSingles
1932 MontrealSingles
1933 StockholmSingles
1934 OsloSingles
1935 ViennaSingles
1936 ParisSingles
1926 StockholmSingles
European Championships
1931 St. MoritzSingles
1932 ParisSingles
1933 LondonSingles
1934 PragueSingles
1935 St. MoritzSingles
1936 BerlinSingles

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 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).