Nancy Heiss is a former American

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 figure skater

Figure skating

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. She was the 1955 U.S. junior champion. At the senior level she placed 4th at the United States Figure Skating Championships

United States Figure Skating Championships

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 in 1957 and 1958, and won the silver medal at the 1959 event

1959 United States Figure Skating Championships

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. In those three years she also qualified to skate at the World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

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, where she placed 8th, 6th, and 8th, respectively.

Heiss was unable to compete in the 1959-1960 season due to an ankle injury, and enrolled at Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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 that fall instead. While she announced an intention to return to competition after recovering from her injury, in the end she chose to concentrate on her studies.

Nancy Heiss was the younger sister of 1960 Olympic Champion

Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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 Carol Heiss

Carol Heiss

Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins is an American figure skater. She is the 1960 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, 1956 Olympic silver medalist and five-time World Champion .-Biography:...

. Their younger brother Bruce Heiss was also an elite competitor. During the 1950s, the skating Heiss siblings were featured in publications such as Life magazine.

Like her sister Carol, Nancy Heiss was coached by Pierre Brunet during her competitive career.

Results

Event	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
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...			8th	6th	8th
North American Championships North American Figure Skating Championships The North American Figure Skating Championships were a former elite figure skating competition for skaters from the United States and Canada. It was a biennial competition held between 1923 and 1971, with locations alternating between the two countries.Although the event was classified as an...					3rd
U.S. Championships United States Figure Skating Championships The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...	1st J.		4th	4th	2nd