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By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, About.com Guide to Figure Skating

Janet Champion's Story

Tuesday May 27, 2008
Janet Champion and Gary Johnson - Ice Follies 1958
I believe that Janet Champion's story could have been made into an old Hollywood movie. She was "discovered" by Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies when she was nine years old. She then spent more than ten fairytale-like years traveling and doing what she loved best: performining night after night on ice skates! How cool is that?


Janet Champion and Gary Johnson, Ice Follies 1958 - Janet Champion Personal Photo Collection

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