Now a 61-year-old grandmother of 3, she competed in women’s figure skating in the 1964 games and finished 6th. It was at the 1968 games in Grenoble where she won the gold medal. She was in Vancouver this week watching the current women compete.

Peggy was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. Calling her battle a ”life Olympics,” she has overcome the disease and is now a breast cancer activist. She lives with her husband in the Bay Area and owns Fleming Jenkins Vineyards and Winery.

Peggy Fleming at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Peggy Fleming today