Carol Heiss Biography

Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins (born January 20 1940 in New York City) is an American figure skater. She is the 1960 Olympic Champion and 1956 Olympic silver medalist.
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Heiss grew up in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens New York where she started skating at the age of 6. She was coached by Pierre Brunet. Heiss first came to national prominence in 1951 when she was U.S. Novice Ladies' Champion at age 11. She won the U.S. Junior Ladies title in 1952 and then moved up to the senior level in 1953. From 1953 to 1956 she finished second to Tenley Albright at the national championships.
Heiss's 1956 performance qualified her for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy. She won the silver medal while Albright took the gold. However at the following World Figure Skating Championships at Garmisch-Partenkirchen West Germany Heiss defeated Albright for the title; it was the first of her five consecutive world titles. During that time she attended and graduated from New York University.

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