this was the color of sports illustrated february 27th, 1955. look at that. 15-year-old figure skater, going on to be four time u.s. five-time world champion figure skater. at the age of 20 she became an olympic champion won gold medal at winter olympics in squaw valley. a native of queens new york. when she won the gold medal in the olympics that year, upon her return home to new york, she was welcomed in arguably the best ways america has to welcome anyone or anything, they threw her a ticker tape parade in new york city. 250,000 people braved the winter cold to catch a glimpse of carol heiss as she was paraded down broadway to a ceremony at city hall. the mayor declared it olympic day, gave carol heiss the city's medallion, a proclamation scroll. carol heiss, figure skater extraordinaire, inspiration to