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Skating Legend Tenley Albright Celebrates 70 Years of Olympic Glory

2/21/2026

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Tenley Albright, a figure skating legend and Harvard Medical School graduate, attended the Milan Cortina Games seventy years after winning gold at the 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo Olympics.
She missed the opening ceremony due to an ankle injury.
Albright expressed admiration for the U.S. women's team, the "Blade Angels," as they prepared for competition.
Albright later became a surgeon and served as chief physician for the U.S. Olympic team.

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Tenley Albright, a figure skating legend and Harvard Medical School graduate, attended the Milan Cortina Games seventy years after winning gold at the 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo Olympics.
She missed the opening ceremony due to an ankle injury.
Albright expressed admiration for the U.S. women's team, the "Blade Angels," as they prepared for competition.
Albright later became a surgeon and served as chief physician for the U.S. Olympic team.