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Mazurka Girl
01-24-2003, 07:07 AM
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/24/SP73536.DTL
Vivi-Anne Hulten, a 10-time Swedish national figure skating champion who refused to salute Adolf Hitler when she received a bronze medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics and had a well-publicized feud with rival Norwegian great Sonja Henie, has died at 91.

GreekGoddess85
01-25-2003, 02:33 PM
I know may the brave woman rest in peace
she had great courage to not salute Hitler
my prayers are with her loved ones/

Tessa
01-25-2003, 04:04 PM
OMG. I used to go to the Maplewood Figure Skating Club show back in the day (80's) and she would always skate a number and she was ancient then.

Wow. Rest in Peace.