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Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly was born in Nice, France, on 15 December 1973. [1] Her birth name was Claudine; when she was adopted out of an orphanage at the age of eight months by Suzanne Bonaly, a physical education teacher in Nice, and Georges Bonaly, a draftsman who worked for the French government, she was named after the Hindu deities Surya and Varuna.
While not a medal winner, France's injured Surya Bonaly, who placed 10th, completed an (illegal) backflip during her long program, making her the fourth person and only woman to ever land a backflip in competition. She is the only person to land on one foot and to do a split mid-air (now colloquially referred to as a 'Bonaly').
The French figure skater, a Black pioneer in a predominantly white sport, helped define the sport that now requires athleticism and quad jumps at the elite level.
Baiul began competing and took the silver medal at the 1993 European Championships in Helsinki, finishing second to Surya Bonaly of France. [18] Prior to the 1993 World Championships in Prague, Baiul had crashed into the boards and displaced disks in her back and neck. [8] At the event, she stopped practicing and consulted a Czech doctor. [8]
Judgement: Surya Bonaly struggles with racism from judges as a figure skater, but never lets go of her identity and becomes a role model for a new generation of black female skaters. Stone Cold: Pat Ryan seeks to upend the curling world, and comes up with a strategy that makes him almost unbeatable. However, Ryan's tactics also make the sport ...
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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1: Chen Lu China 2.5: 3: 1 2: Surya Bonaly France 4.0: 4: 2 3: Nicole Bobek United States 4.5: 1: 4 4 Michelle Kwan United States 5.5: 5: 3 5 Olga Markova Russia 6.0
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