An international star, Heather Belbin, passed away in 2011. Starting out as a skating phenom at age 12 in her native England, she later performed worldwide with Holiday On Ice from 1962 to 1972. She retired to southern California and

Robert Unger grew up skating on frozen ponds and lakes near his hometown of Nuremberg, Germany.  In 1941, as World War II was building in intensity, he passed the Master tests in both roller skating and ice skating.  He competed

Ice Capades star Donna Atwood signed with the Ice Capades at age 16, and within a year, she was its star. Billed as “the Sweetheart of the Ice,” she toured the U.S. and Canada for 15 years, giving more than

Howard Nicholson is best remembered for his great coaching career. Among his pupils were Sonja Henie (1931), Carlo Fassi, Mary Rose Thacker, Sonya Klopfer, Toller Cranston, and Priscilla Hill, who became the youngest USFSA Gold Medalist at the age of

Bess Ehrhardt was born January 21, 1916 in Superior, Wisconsin to Wellington H. and Bess B. Ehrhart, and given her mother’s name. The area was experiencing a cold spell with the temperature falling to -31 (F). Her father, who used

Professional skating has had many a star, but none has shined as bright as Aja Zanova’s. Aja, who as an amateur was known as Alena Vrzanova, was the Czech champion from 1947 to 1950 and the reigning World Champion in 1949 and