What is Carol Heiss?
[[File:Carol Heiss 1960.jpg|thumb|Carol Heiss]] '''Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins''' (born January 20, 1940) is an [[Americans|American]] [[figure skater]] and former [[actress]]. She received gold and silver medals in the [[1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] and [[1960 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Carol Heiss|publisher=Sports Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/carol-heiss-1.html|access-date=2017-10-03|archive-date=2020-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223544/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/carol-heiss-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1960 Olympic Figure Skating Champion Carol Heiss|publisher=Thought Co.|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/1960-olympic-champion-carol-heiss-1282877|access-date=2017-10-03|archive-date=2017-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014145145/https://www.thoughtco.com/1960-olympic-champion-carol-heiss-1282877|url-status=dead}}</ref> She retired from figure skating after the 1960 Olympics, She starred in the 1961 [[movie]] ''Snow White and the Three Stooges''. She was the first female skater to perform a double [[Axel jump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gofigureskating.com/people/records.html|title=Figure Skating Records, First, Best, Most...|website=Go Figure Skating|access-date=2021-02-08|archive-date=2021-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201142802/http://gofigureskating.com/people/records.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Heiss was born in [[New York City]]. ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Heiss, Carol}} [[Category:American figure skaters]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:Actors from New York City]] [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States]] {{multistub|us-bio|sports-bio}}