Here is some information about Peggy Flemming, 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist. Peggy Fleming (born July 27, 1948 in San Jose, California) is an American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1968. In 1961, when Fleming was 11 years old, her coach William Kipp was killed in a plane crash along with the rest of the United States team while en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. Fleming was subsequently coached by Carlo Fassi. She would be forced to define her own style in figure skating, a style that would lead to five U.S. titles, three World titles and the Gold Medal in the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France. |