Autographs of Peggy Fleming
Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968) in the same event. Fleming has been a television commentator in figure skating for over 20 years, including at several Winter Olympic Games.
Fleming was born and grew up in San Jose, California, the daughter of Doris Elizabeth (née Deal) and Albert Eugene Fleming, a newspaper journalist and former U.S. Marine. She began skating at age nine when her father took Peggy and her three sisters skating. In 1961, when Peggy was twelve years old, her coach William Kipp was killed in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 along with the rest of the United States figure skating team while en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships. Fleming was subsequently coached by Carlo Fassi. Her unusual style led her to unprecedented success and five U.S. titles, three World titles and the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France. Philosopher Spencer Wertz called Fleming's Olympic free skating program "a watershed in the development of an artistic component of competitive skating."
Fleming's mother selected a color for her Grenoble skating costume, chartreuse, named after the liqueur of that color produced by neighboring Carthusians in their founding monastery, which also gives the name "chartreuse" to the region, thereby perhaps inspiring local French audience support for Peggy's virtually flawless performance. Her award in Grenoble was singularly important for the American athletes and the nation as a whole, for this was the only gold medal that the U.S. Olympic team won in the 1968 Winter Olympics. It signaled a return to American dominance in the sport of women's figure skating following the unprecedented tragedy of the 1961 Sabena plane crash.
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Current items with a signature of Peggy Fleming
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Traded items with a signature of Peggy Fleming
The most expensive item with a signature of Peggy Fleming (1968 Olympic Gold Medal Champion Skater Peggy Fleming Signed Ice Skate & COA) was sold in December 2020 for £229.56 while the cheapest item (Signed promotional photo of Peggy Fleming. Skating/USA/Olympics interests. NV188) found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2015. The month with the most items sold (10) was March 2026 with an average selling price of £45.58 for an autographed item of Peggy Fleming. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2019 with £229.56 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £14.69 was July 2021. In average, an autographed item from Peggy Fleming is worth £30.55.
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