Activities Sports & Athletics 1960 Olympic Figure Skating Champion Carol Heiss Share PINTEREST Email Print Bettmann / Contributor/Getty Images Sports & Athletics Skating Famous Skaters Basics History Gear Lessons Inline Skating Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Cricket Extreme Sports Football Golf Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Professional Wrestling Skateboarding Paintball Soccer Swimming & Diving Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Other Activities Learn More By Jo Ann Schneider Farris Jo Ann Schneider Farris was a silver medalist in junior ice dancing at the 1975 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships and is the author of two books on skating our editorial process Jo Ann Schneider Farris Updated July 01, 2017 Carol Heiss is a two-time Olympic medalist and five-time world champion in figure skating won the 1960 Olympics in women's figure skating and she also won the silver medal at the 1956 Olympics. When she won the 1960 Olympic Gold Medal, all nine judges awarded her first place. Carol Heiss won the world championship every year from 1956 through 1960. Birth date: Carol Heiss was born on January 20, 1940 in New York. She grew up in Queens. Young Carol Heiss Carol was only six years old when she began skating. She had two other siblings that also were serious figure skaters. Carol's mother, Marie Heiss, died of cancer in October of 1956 when Carol was only sixteen years old. Married Another Olympic Figure Skating Champion Carol Heiss married another Olympic champion: 1956 Men's Olympic Figure Skating Champion Hayes Alan Jenkins. Additionally, Hayes Jenkins was the world figure skating champion in men's singles from 1953 through 1956. After retiring from competitive skating, Jenkins graduated with a law degree from Harvard. His brother, David Jenkins, won the 1960 Olympic Men's Figure Skating title. Coaches Pierre and Andrée Brunet, two-time Olympic pair skating champions from France, coached Carol. Movie Debut In 1961, Carol Heiss made her movie debut as Snow White in "Snow White and the Three Stooges." Some of Carol's solo skating footage was edited out because the producers thought there was "too much skating." She did a double axel in the movie. Guide Review of Snow White and the Three StoogesSnow White and the Three Stooges Outstanding and Unique Figure Skating Moves In 1953, Carol Heiss made history by being the first woman to land a double axel in competition. She also had a unique trademark: she was able to do alternating axels in a series both clockwise and counter-clockwise. She jumped clockwise and did spins counterclockwise most of the time. Here is a video of Carol Heiss at the 1960 Winter Olympics. Carol Heiss Jenkins as a Coach Carol Heiss Jenkins eventually became one of the top figure skating coaches in the United States. She has coached Timothy Goebel, Tonia Kwiatkowski and Miki Ando. She did not begin coaching figure skating until the 1970s, since her first priority was to concentrate on being a full-time wife and mother. 1957 Carol Heiss Program Content All jumps are clockwise unless noted. All spins are counterclockwise unless noted. AxelAxelDouble flipFlying camel (opposite direction) with change of positionDouble salchowFootworkDouble loopSpirals (left and right)Spiral opposite directionSpread eagleCamel spinAxelAxel (opposite direction)AxelAxel (opposite direction)SpinStepsDouble toe loopSplit (flip) jump"Split-like" jumpDouble AxelDouble AxelWalleyWalleyCombination spin with change of foot and positionSpin