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Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European champion (1931–1936). Henie has won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater. She is one of only two skaters to defend a ladies' singles Olympic title, the other being Katarina Witt, and her six European titles has only been matched by Witt.
Austria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 83 competitors, 64 men and 19 women, took part in 51 events in 16 sports.
Gillis Emanuel Grafström was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men's Figure Skating as well as an Olympic silver medal in the same event in 1932, and three World Championships. He and Eddie Eagan are the only athletes to have won a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Grafström has the further distinction of being the only person to have won an individual gold medal in both the Summer (1920) and Winter Olympics, although Eagan remains the only one to have managed the feat in different disciplines. Grafstrom is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. He is one of the oldest figure skating Olympic champions.
Martin Stixrud was a Norwegian figure skater. He was the 1920 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 1923 European silver medalist, and 1912 European bronze medalist.
Cecil Elaine Eustace Smith, later Gooderham, then Hedstrom, was a Canadian figure skater. In 1924 she became the first female figure skater to represent Canada at Winter Olympics; she placed sixth individually and seventh in pairs, together with Melville Rogers. At the 1928 Winter Olympics she finished fifth individually. In 1930, she won the silver medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in singles.
Astrid Sandvik is a Norwegian Alpine skier who finished tied for sixth place in the women's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. In 1963, Sandvik was awarded the Holmenkollen medal. Sandvik is one of only eleven non-Nordic skiers to win the Holmenkollen medal.
Friederike "Fritzi" Burger was an Austrian figure skater. She was a two-time Olympic silver medalist, a four-time World medalist, the 1930 European champion, and a four-time Austrian national champion (1928–1931).
Sonja Viola Edström-Ruthström was a Swedish cross-country skier. She competed at the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics in the 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay events and won bronze medals in both in 1956; in 1960 she finished fifth in the 10 km, but won the 3 × 5 km relay.
Sonja Morgenstern is a German figure skating coach and former competitor.
Veronika Bilgeri is a West German luger who competed during the late 1980s. She won two medals at the 1988 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany with a gold in the mixed team event and a silver in the women's singles event.
Sonja Pfeilschifter is a German rifle shooter. After winning the 1991 World Junior Championship in 10 metre air rifle, she won the World Championships of 1994 and 1998, in 1998 doubling with a victory in 50 metre rifle three positions. Still without Olympic medals, she has a very large number of victories at ISSF World Cups and she holds several world records.
Sonja Barjaktarović is a retired Montenegrin handball goalkeeper. She was the first goalkeeper of the Montenegro women's national handball team and helped them to win the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2011, she played in Champions League the semifinals with Budućnost. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship Barjaktarović finished at 6th place with the Montenegrin national team.
Sonja Balun Harand is an Austrian former figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. She is a four-time Austrian national champion (1973–1976) and competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics, finishing 17th.
Sonja Lehmann is a German field hockey player. She was born in Berlin. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Sonja Sperl was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Sonja Hausladen is an Austrian butterfly and individual medley swimmer. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Sonja Prétôt is a Swiss sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Sonja Castelein is a Belgian middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Sonja Rožman is a Slovenian gymnast. She competed in seven events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sonja Bilgeri Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
