Vivi-Anne Hultén was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 figure skater who was a ten time national champion in ladies singles

Swedish Figure Skating Championships

The Swedish Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Sweden.-Men:-Ladies:-Pairs:-References: **** * * "Der Eissport", 35th year, No.8, 8th March 1926...

. She finished fifth at the 1932 Winter Olympics

1932 Winter Olympics

The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 15. It would be the first winter olympics held in the United...

 and then won the bronze medal at the 1936 Games

1936 Winter Olympics

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin...

. She was a two-time European bronze medalist

European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...

 and four time World medalist

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

. However, despite besting her in one championship, she was overshadowed by rival Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, a ten-time World Champion and a six-time European Champion . Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater...

 during most of her competitive career.

Personal life

She was born in Antwerp.

She died on 15 January 2003 at age 91 of heart failure in Corona del Mar, California where she had moved to be with her son, Gene Theslof, and her two grandchildren, Tyler and Nick Theslof

Nick Theslof

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Competitive career

Vivi-Anne Hulten was named all time woman athlete of Sweden by the Swedish papers. She was a 5 time Swedish figure skating champion. In 1933 she finished second to Sonia Henie at the World Figure Skating Championship held in Stockholm. Hulten won the bronze medal in the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Professional career

After turning professional, Hultén toured with the Ice Follies

Ice Follies

Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies was a touring ice show featuring elaborate production numbers, similar in concept to Ice Capades. It was founded in 1937 by Eddie Shipstad, Roy Shipstad, and Oscar Johnson, who also skated in the show. In later years, Olympic skaters such as Donald Jackson, Barbara...

 Ice Cycles

Ice Cycles

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 and Ice Capades

Ice Capades

The Ice Capades was a traveling entertainment show featuring theatrical performances involving ice skating. Shows often featured former Olympicand National Champion figure skaters who had retired from amateur competition....

. She later married fellow skater Gene Theslof, the seven year pair skating partner of her rival, Sonja Henie. Vivi-Anne and Gene Theslof formed an adagio figure skating pair and toured the USA and Europe together. In the mid 1960's she moved to the USA where she opened a large skating school in St. Paul, Minnesota with her husband.

Vivi-Anne was also hired as a skating coach by Herb Brooks for his Minnesota North Stars hockey team. She gave a command performance for the King and Queen of Sweden and also performed ten ice shows with Ice Capades in Minneapolis, Minnesota at age 80. Vivi-Anne actively taught on the ice until age 86.

Results

Event	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937
Winter Olympics Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...						5th				3rd
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...					5th	5th	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...				3rd	4th	3rd
Swedish Championships Swedish Figure Skating Championships The Swedish Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Sweden.-Men:-Ladies:-Pairs:-References: **** * * "Der Eissport", 35th year, No.8, 8th March 1926...	1st	1st	1st				1st	1st