The Lake Placid rink is also where figure skater Sonja Henie won her gold medal in 1932, while in 1980 speed skater Eric Heiden won five gold medals on the speed skating oval outside ...
1932 — Eddie Eagen, as a member of the four-man U.S. bobsled team, wins a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid ... 1936 — Sonja Henie of Norway, wins her third consecutive Olympics ...
1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her 10th straight world championship ... the Soviet Union with a 4-3 victory in the ...
Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final men’s title. 1928 — Sonja Henie, ...
1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her 10th straight world ... a 4-3 victory in the medal round of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. Captain Mike Eruzione scores the winning goal ...