Peggy Fleming
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoPeggy Fleming
Sjoukje Dijkstra of Netherlands.
Peggy Fleming was the women's US skating champion in 1964.
Scott Allen
Peggy Fleming.
Peggy Flemming
The ladies singles gold medalist at the 1964 Games in Innsbruck was Sjoukje Dijkstra of Netherlands.
The men's singles gold medalist at the 1964 Games in Innsbruck was Manfred Schnelldorfer of Germany.
The name of the 1964 Women's Wimbledon Champion in singles is Brazilian born Maria Bueno.
Twice ... the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck and the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble. She finished 6th in women's singles figure skating in 1964 and won the gold medal in women's singles in 1968.
In 1964, US figure skating was still rebuilding after the 1961 plane crash that killed the entire US team as it was on its way to the World Championships in Prague. Worlds were immediately cancelled at word of the accident, the skating world grieved and the US figure skating community was devastated. Peggy Fleming was the first of a new generation of US figure skating stars to emerge after the tragedy. She won the first of 5 consecutive US titles in 1964. The other winners were: Men's -- Scott Allen Pairs -- Judy and Jerry Fotheringill (siblings) Ice Dancing -- Darlene Streich and Charles Fetter