View image | gettyimages.comThe National Hockey L...  ...pon they rely on more than anyone realizes: woman figure skaters . A surprising number of former champion figure skaters go on to coach not only other figure skaters , but professional hockey players. It may shock an... &nb...

Sonja Henie went to the Olympics for Norway four t...  ...e Olympics for Norway four times, and won gold in figure skating three of them. Then she became a Hollywoo...  ...very good at her sport, she was the first female figure skater to achieve any kind of stardom. That was because,...  ...tition. She didn&rsqu...