Former skater and US Olympic champion, Peggy Fleming years after breast cancer
February 23, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
I’ve not thought of her name for a long time, but as soon as I read it, I remembered who she was and what she’d done. She was an Olympic gold medalist in 1968, in Grenoble, France. She’s now 60 years old and a grandmother of 3. Imagine that. We know that we’re getting older, but somehow it always seems a bit of a surprise when a public figure or sports celebrity gets older too.
Peggy is not only a winner in sports, she’s a winner in breast cancer. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998 and is a cancer survivor. She’s written a book about her life, including her fight with breast cancer, called The Long Program: Skating Toward Life’s Victories.
What made me think of her was an article I came across in USA Today, called Peggy Fleming: Happy at 60.
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