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Colledge died April 12 at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., said Ben Wright, vice president of The Skating Club of Boston where Colledge was a teacher for nearly four decades.
Colledge was 11 years and 3 months old when she competed for her native Britain in the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.
She won a silver medal at the 1936 Olympics in Germany, second to Sonja Henie.
She was world champion in 1937, British champion five times and European champion on three occasions.
Colledge was the first woman to execute a double jump (a salchow) and is credited with inventing the camel and layback spins and the one-foot axel jump.
She moved to the United States to coach and was a full-time teacher at The Skating Club of Boston from 1952 until 1977, and continued coaching part-time until 1990, Wright said.
She was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1980.
Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press
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Katharine Serrras
March 4, 2014
I knew Cecilia as she lived in the apartment next door to me in the 1968 at 1950 Commonwealth Avenue Brighton Massachusetts a very charming lady. She was at that time teaching at the Boston Skating Schoo. We lived on the 4th floor on that building and one day I locked myself out of my apartment and a friend of hers climed onto the balccny and through my kitchen window to open the door from the inside. I was terrified he was going to fall. I retunred to the UK in 1974 and married in 1981,
RALPH & ED FLORI
April 25, 2008
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
GABRIELLE JACKSON
April 25, 2008
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. In the bible it talks about a time when you will be able to see your loved one again. When you get a chance please read John 3:16.
Mary Smith
April 25, 2008
Family Members,
You have my sincere sympathy on the loss of your loved one. Ms. Colledge achieved success as an athlete and was a pioneer for women in the skating world. She lived a long life as shown at Psalms 90:10. We look to the future when our dear loved ones will be raised from the Memorial tombs. Please read Jesus' words at John 5:28, 29. His words bring us comfort and give us hope.
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Sheila Smith
April 25, 2008
Rest in Peace Cecilia.
D.L. ZIMMERMAN
April 24, 2008
REST IN PEACE CECILIA
Vanessa Brown
April 24, 2008
I can only imagine that Ms. Colledge must have lived a wonderful life with so many accomplishments. If indeed the wonderful sprit that I see in her smile is real then we have a life worth celebrating.
May peace and blessings be with the family.
T wRIGHT
April 24, 2008
Rest in Peace Sister.
Vivian Perkins
April 24, 2008
I would love to have seen her skate. God Bless.
christen shaughnessy
April 24, 2008
sorry about your loss
gervasia onezine
April 24, 2008
to the family of cecila, after the death of a close friend,''Jesus gave way to tears''[John 11:35] Grief over a love one is normal and may properly be expressed.
Rodney & Beverly Colling
April 24, 2008
You were quite the lady Cecilia. You made the world a better place by your presence. You thrilled everyone and were harmful to no one. We will see you again........soon.
David J Bhaltazhar Esq
April 24, 2008
I always enjoyed skating as a child.
SKATING FAN
April 24, 2008
Being a ""records and statistics"" addict, I have read about you many times. Second to Sonja Henie in 1936 would have been every skaters dream. Somewhere there has got to be footage of you, especially since there is plenty of Sonja. I will come across it one day. You were part of the most beautiful sport of all.
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