{"id":5385785,"date":"2025-12-19T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/?p=5385785"},"modified":"2025-12-19T20:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:02:20","slug":"lifes-favorite-ice-skating-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/arts-entertainment\/lifes-favorite-ice-skating-images\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFE&#8217;s Favorite Ice Skating Images"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 1968 figure skater <a href=\"https:\/\/peggyfleming.com\/\">Peggy Fleming<\/a> graced the cover of<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=c0oEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA55&amp;dq=Peggy+Fleming&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwijkv_f4ceRAxVIGVkFHcknGcoQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\"> the Feb, 23, 1968 issue of LIFE<\/a> after winning a gold medal at the Winter Olympics at the age of 19. One of Fleming&#8217;s competitors gushed to LIFE that &#8220;Everything Peggy does is pure ballerina.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The phrase &#8220;pure ballerina&#8221; is not just a tribute to Fleming but also to ice skating itself. It is the rare sport that demands of both athleticism and artistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Images of Fleming are included in this gallery of LIFE&#8217;s favorite ice skating images, appearing alongside other skaters of great accomplishment. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbara_Ann_Scott\">Barbara Ann Scott<\/a>, a champion skater from Canada, was a particular fave of the magazine in the 1940s Two-time Olympic champion <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dick_Button\">Dick Button<\/a>, who would later become a television commentator, is shown making great leaps during his competitive years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the photos are set at competitions. Others take place in public rinks, including two in New York City\u2014 a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockefellercenter.com\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=18882884600&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADtDYpVITruvfMaJqmxpccY8lnwPc&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA6Y7KBhCkARIsAOxhqtNb3C344G40q_4hz6r_SOPnufRjxivPrMCXjnFMeL9V31M8-TFDMd0aAiI7EALw_wcB\">t Rockefeller Center<\/a> and also at <a href=\"https:\/\/wollman-rink.new-york-tickets.com\/?ci=1&amp;cm=23290021887_194317618452_c_g_ice%20skating%20tickets%20central%20park_p_&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23290021887&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACRC4b04wq4mJ0FetIiEpsTe7Phi-&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA6Y7KBhCkARIsAOxhqtPEcD7pXjQO3M6J31kRLz0HU03QHHSPIeETuRk6eSTUB0oept2ZZP8aAmgzEALw_wcB\">Wollman Rink in Central Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also included are pictures of some anonymous skaters whose movements across the ice made for pretty pictures. if you look at the credits you&#8217;ll see the names of some of LIFE&#8217;s star photographers\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/photographer\/alfred-eisenstaedt\/\">Alfred Eisenstaedt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/photographer\/ralph-morse\/\">Ralph Morse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/arts-entertainment\/photographer-spotlight-peter-stackpole\/\">Peter Stackpole<\/a> and many others. The talent attracted to these assignments underlines the visual appeal of a sport that was also an art form.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_8d9107c604f3e990ffaf23a12d1491a8\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385787 desc=\"\" caption=\"Ralph Morse\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Five-time world champion skater Carol Heiss performed at Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park, New York City, 1955..\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124709\/00965715-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Five-time world champion skater Carol Heiss performed at Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park, New York City, 1955..<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ralph Morse\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_a654450151d16b55e658b268a7001b44\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385788 desc=\"\" caption=\"Ralph Morse\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Five-time world champion skater Carol Heiss performed at Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park, New York City, 1955..\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124712\/112329152-1024x1021.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Five-time world champion skater Carol Heiss performed at Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park, New York City, 1955..<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ralph Morse\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_053e86b78670fa1f4dbbc44fa01ad7a8\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385803 desc=\"\" caption=\"Walter Sanders\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Ice skaters in Switzerland, 1948.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124815\/116150694-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ice skaters in Switzerland, 1948.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Walter Sanders\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_5782b9aa47bc3682737beda15f302b5f\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385791 desc=\"\" caption=\"Mark Kauffman\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"British figure skater Graham Sharp at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, 1948.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124724\/00525670-782x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">British figure skater Graham Sharp at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, 1948.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Mark Kauffman\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_8ba31e812e6744e033d9f475528d7664\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385793 desc=\"\" caption=\"Peter Stackpole\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Tenley Albright, an Olympic gold medalist, performed a frog jump, 1956.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124730\/00964968-730x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tenley Albright, an Olympic gold medalist, performed a frog jump, 1956.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Peter Stackpole\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_2e03c8abbccda2d484dadd6b21b57dd2\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385800 desc=\"\" caption=\"Tony Linck\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Dick Button at a figure skating competition in Stockholm, 1947.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124759\/00675264-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dick Button at a figure skating competition in Stockholm, 1947.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tony Linck\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_f459224aade7d96261a5b47d5eae5de1\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385802 desc=\"\" caption=\"Tony Linck\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstuch\" title=\"Dick Button, 1947.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124811\/116463351-813x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dick Button, 1947.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tony Linck\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstuch<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_0022172881c0eb95826ce22b57c471b3\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385806 desc=\"\" caption=\"Tony Linck\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Dick Button at a figure skating competition, 1947.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/18182533\/00675262-797x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dick Button at a figure skating competition, 1947.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tony Linck\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_d42b619487d98625a3c2411e2bb9106b\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385792 desc=\"\" caption=\"Mark Kauffman\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Dick Button competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124727\/00525665-e1765889524644-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dick Button competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Mark Kauffman\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_531ee8086ba61cb0f255b672b3f40fa3\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3745889 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Ice skater Barbara Ann Scott makes her school figures with perfect loops and whorls as she annexes the world championship in Stockholm.\" caption=\"Tony Linck The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Barbara Ann Scott at the world figure skating championship in Stockholm, 1947.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/03\/150316-figure-skating-01-821x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ice skater Barbara Ann Scott makes her school figures with perfect loops and whorls as she annexes the world championship in Stockholm.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Barbara Ann Scott at the world figure skating championship in Stockholm, 1947.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tony Linck The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_598cc8f8824e3c462553c7e21cad61b2\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3745899 desc=\"Caption from LIFE. Miss Scott hurtles high into air in a flawless execution of difficult figure called a stag jump.\" caption=\"Tony Linck The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Barbara Ann Scott at the world figure skating championships in Stockholm, 1947\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2015\/03\/150316-figure-skating-11-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Scott hurtles high into air in a flawless execution of difficult figure called a stag jump.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Barbara Ann Scott at the world figure skating championships in Stockholm, 1947<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Tony Linck The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_9b351acdffeecc630abe7aff443ee3a8\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385805 desc=\"\" caption=\"Gjon Mili\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The husband-and-wife team of Narena Greer and Richard Norris skated with The Ice Follies, 1947.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/18181950\/05833367-784x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The husband-and-wife team of Narena Greer and Richard Norris skated with The Ice Follies, 1947.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gjon Mili\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_14135ea7d1a4dc7d5c4c183b17164d5c\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385798 desc=\"\" caption=\"Mark Kauffman\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Figure skater Johnny Lettengarver, a member of the U.S. Olympic team, 1948.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124746\/00525673-836x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Figure skater Johnny Lettengarver, a member of the U.S. Olympic team, 1948.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Mark Kauffman\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_a873fd87919d414e9cc095f3906bd438\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385801 desc=\"\" caption=\"Gjon Mili\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Skaters performed at an ice show at Madison Square Garden, 1948.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124807\/05903171-689x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Skaters performed at an ice show at Madison Square Garden, 1948.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gjon Mili\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_b0336f3e9f50f0ffdbef66c6992e2105\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385799 desc=\"\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstadt\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Austrian ice skating champion Melitta Brunner practiced in St. Moritz, 1934.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1220250-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Austrian ice skating champion Melitta Brunner practiced in St. Moritz, 1934.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstadt\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3137bc84e8cefed005763912efcb0f9f\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3491303 desc=\"Skating waiter Ren&Acirc;\u017d Breguet delivers drinks at the Grand Hotel, St. Moritz, 1932.\" caption=\"Alfred Eisenstaedt&amp;mdash;The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A skating waiter delivered drinks at the Grand Hotel, St. Moritz, 1932.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/best-of-eisenstaedt-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A skating waiter delivered drinks at the Grand Hotel, St. Moritz, 1932.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Alfred Eisenstaedt&mdash;The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_433bf62b1018590cb0f5f0e0a81375c3\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385789 desc=\"\" caption=\"Art Rickerby\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"U.S. skater Peggy Fleming won a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124717\/00991021-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">U.S. skater Peggy Fleming won a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Art Rickerby\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_51ec977f9aec2705f5812643547aedfa\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385790 desc=\"\" caption=\"Art Rickerby\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"U.S. skater Peggy Fleming won a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124722\/00991023-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">U.S. skater Peggy Fleming won a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Art Rickerby\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_24b27c0ef1daca4d7e9167e471e92462\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5385796 desc=\"\" caption=\"Wallace Kirkland\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A figure skater made a leap that mimicked the statue of Prometheus at Rockefeller Center in New York, 1942.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/16124740\/00579812-1024x796.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A figure skater made a leap that mimicked the statue of Prometheus at Rockefeller Center in New York, 1942.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Wallace Kirkland\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1968 figure skater Peggy Fleming graced the cover of the Feb, 23, 1968 issue of LIFE after winning a gold medal at the Winter Olympics at the age of 19. One of Fleming&#8217;s competitors gushed to LIFE that &#8220;Everything Peggy does is pure ballerina.&#8221; The phrase &#8220;pure ballerina&#8221; is not just a tribute to &#8230; <a title=\"LIFE&#8217;s Favorite Ice Skating Images\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/arts-entertainment\/lifes-favorite-ice-skating-images\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5385790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[2673,2674,2671,2672,2038,2670],"class_list":["post-5385785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","tag-barbara-ann-scott","tag-carol-heiss","tag-dick-button","tag-peggy-fleming","tag-rockefeller-center","tag-wollman-rink"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LIFE&#039;s Favorite Ice Skating Images - LIFE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/arts-entertainment\/lifes-favorite-ice-skating-images\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LIFE&#039;s Favorite Ice Skating Images - LIFE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 1968 figure skater Peggy Fleming graced the cover of the Feb, 23, 1968 issue of LIFE after winning a gold medal at the Winter Olympics at the age of 19. 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