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Figure Skating

• Figure skating was included in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, prior to the introduction of the Winter Olympics.

• At the St Moritz Winter Olympics in 1928, Gillis Grafström of Sweden won the last of his three consecutive gold medals in figure skating;

• Norwegian Sonja Henie was only 11 years old when she first skated in the Olympics in 1924. She would equal the feat of Gillis Grafström, winning the first of her three consecutive gold medals in figure skating at the 1928 Games at the age of 15.