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Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. (born July 18 , 1935 in Newton Center, MA ) became the first American female skater to win a Figure Skating Olympic Gold Medal , at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina D'Ampezzo , Italy . She also won the U.S. Championships 5 times, between 1952 and 1956 ; was World Champion in 1953 and 1955 ; and had been the silver medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics . Albright retired from competitive skating after the 1956 season. Unlike most elite-level skaters, she never skated professionally. She had entered Radcliffe College in 1953 as a pre-med student, and after her Olympic triumph she focused on completing her education. Albright graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1961 , and went on to become a Surgeon . Her interest in medicine was spurred by being hospitalized for an attack of Polio as a child. COMPETITIVE HIGHLIGHTS 1951
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