Figure skater on the ice at the Winter Olympics in St Moritz, Switzerland, February 1948. More Women of the Winter Olympics: Amazing Athletes in Action, below! ⛸️ ⬇️ (📷 Walter Sanders/LIFE Picture Collection) LIFEMagazine 1940s WinterOlympics
Here, in acknowledgement of the long, icy, often-uphill trail that sportswomen have had to navigate through the years, LIFE offers a series of Winter Olympics photos from the 1940s to the 1970s — pictures featuring the still-famous as well as more than a few largely forgotten female athletes who made a mark in the Olympics, whether they medaled or not.
Fifteen-year-old Andrea Mead Lawrence, the first American alpine skier to win Olympic gold, trained in 1947.Six-time U.S. national figure-skating champion Gretchen Merrill, St. Moritz Olympics, 1948.Mark Kauffman/Life Pictures/ShutterstockWalter Sanders/Life Pictures/ShutterstockOlympic figure skater, St. Moritz, 1948.Walter Sanders/Life Pictures/ShutterstockGreat Britain’s Sue Holmes, Cortina, Italy, 1956.
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