Legends of Women's Figure Skating
WW Norton · Hardcover · November 4, 2025
Get ready for the Winter Olympics with this exciting book about the greatest women figure skaters of all time.
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- Who it’s for
- Women’s figure skating comes into focus through biographies spanning pioneers, ’90s stars, and today’s skaters.
- Themes
- Women’s figure skating, Athleticism and artistry, Biographies of legendary skaters
- Genres
- Ice Skating, Sports Biographies for Kids, Biographies of Women for Kids
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Get ready for the Winter Olympics with this exciting book about the greatest women figure skaters of all time. With their flying spins and graceful leaps over the ice, figure skaters exemplify what it means to be an athlete and an artist.
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Legends of Women’s Figures Skating features short biographies of twenty-eight of the greatest women figure skaters of all time, from pioneers like Sonja Henie and Carol Heiss; to the American legends of the ’90s, such as Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan; to the rising stars of today, like Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu. Filled with colorful photos, fascinating stories, and key stats, this book will inspire both passionate fans and aspiring figure skaters.
Skaters Across Eras
Women’s figure skating comes into focus through biographies spanning pioneers, ’90s stars, and today’s skaters.
Come here for
- Short biographies of women figure skaters, from Sonja Henie to Alysa Liu
- Colorful photos and key stats
Expect
- Stories about individual skaters
- Figure skating’s athletic and artistic sides
Where it sits
| Ice Skating | 86% |
|---|---|
| Sports Biographies for Kids | 83% |
| Biographies of Women for Kids | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sports Biographies for Kids
- Ice Skating
- Authors
- Maura Sullivan Hill
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- November 4, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Women’s figure skating · Athleticism and artistry · Biographies of legendary skaters
- Reading lane
- Sports Biographies for Kids