Tenley Albright
Awards And Accomplishments
| 1949 | Won Ladies Novice Championship |
| 1950 | Won Ladies Junior Championship |
| 1951 | Won Eastern Senior Ladies Championship; finished second at the U.S. Championship |
| 1952 | Won silver medal at Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway |
| 1952, 1956 | Won U.S. Championship |
| 1952-56 | Won U.S. women's singles title |
| 1953, 1955 | Won North American Championship |
| 1953, 1955 | Won World Championship |
| 1954, 1956 | Placed second at World Championship |
| 1956 | Won gold medal at Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy |
| 1974 | Inducted into the Ice Skating Hall of Fame |
| 1975 | Received honorary degree of science from Russell Sage College |
| 1976 | Inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame; awarded Golden Plate Award by the American Academy of Achievement |
| 1983 | Inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame |
| 1988 | Inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame |
| 1999 | Inducted into the Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame |
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