Picture taken 29 January 1924 in Chamonix of Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie during the Winter Olympic Games in which she finished 8th. Born in Oslo in 1912, Henie is considered to be the greatest woman figure skater of all times, after winning 3 Olympic titles in 1928 (St Moritz, Switzerland), 1932 (Lake Placid, USA) and 1936 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany) and 10 world championships titles in a row (1927-1936). After turning professional, she starred in 10 movies, became a US citizen in 1941, divorced twice before marrying her childhood sweetheart, Norwegian shipowner Niels Onstad. She died of leukemia at the age of 57, while on an ambulance place flying her from Paris to Oslo.