Portrait painting commission of Tenley Albright, the first American woman in Winter Olympics history to win gold for the United States in women’s figure skating in Cortina, Italy in 1956.
Tenley Albright was present seventy years later to see Alysa Liu win the gold.
“90-year-old Albright was back where she won that gold medal, watching as 20-year-old Alysa Liu joined her in the pantheon as American women to win individual figure skating gold at the pinnacle of the sport.”
Read more about Tenley and Alysa in this Newsweek article: “90-Year-Old U.S. Olympic Champion Watches Alysa Liu Win Gold 70 Years Later“.
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