Cecilia Colledge
(1920-2008), Figure skater; Olympian(Magdalena) Cecilia Colledge
Sitter in 15 portraits
Colledge became the youngest-ever Olympic competitor when she participated in the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics aged eleven, and was placed eighth. In 1936 she won a silver medal at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympic Games. By the late 1930s, she had held both the World and European Championship titles. During World War II, Colledge became a driver in the Mechanised Transport Corps, and afterwards became a professional skater and emigrated to America.
Megan Taylor; Cecilia Colledge
by Unknown photographer, for Wide World Photos
bromide print, 15 February 1933
NPG x35703
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 25 February 1936
NPG x83659
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 25 February 1936
NPG x83660
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 25 February 1936
NPG x31183
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 25 February 1936
NPG x31184
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 25 February 1936
NPG x31185
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 25 February 1936
NPG x31186
by Yevonde
bromide print, late 1930s
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG x45213
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 November 1938
NPG x34188
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 November 1938
NPG x34189
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 November 1938
NPG x34190
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 November 1938
NPG x34191
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 November 1938
NPG x34192
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 November 1938
NPG x34193
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 24 November 1938
NPG x83661
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