Before sequins and triple jumps, there was Sonja Henie. She basically invented modern figure skating in the 1920s and 30s. Imagine a tiny Norwegian girl who treated the ice like a dance floor—she was the first to wear short skirts and perform like a ballerina.
She won three Olympic golds and ten world championships. That’s like winning ten Super Bowls, but with more lipstick and fewer concussions. And get this—she became a Hollywood movie star afterward. Talk about a career pivot.
