- Sonya Klopfer
Sonya Klopfer Dunfield is an American
figure skater . She is the 1951 U.S. national champion. She won the bronze medal at the 1951World Figure Skating Championships and the silver in 1952. She placed 4th at the1952 Winter Olympics .Following her retirement from competitive skating, she married
Peter Dunfield and worked as a coach. She coachedDorothy Hamill [ [http://www.ifsmagazine.com/archive/v11i4/coverstory.html International Figure Skating -> Cover Story ] ] ,Elizabeth Manley , and Scott Smith among many others. She was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 2001. [ [http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/about_skate_canada/hall_of_fame/honoured_members/2001.cfm Skate Canada: About Skate Canada: Hall of Fame: Honoured Members ] ]Klopfer was named after
Sonja Henie . [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822004,00.html Olympic Figures - TIME ] ]References
* [http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/worldladies1950.html Skatabase: 1950s Worlds Ladies]
* [http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/olympicladies1950.html Skatabase: 1950s Olympic Ladies]Navigation
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