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Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly (born 15 December 1973) is a French-born retired competitive figure skater. She is a three-time World silver medalist (1993–1995), a five-time European champion (1991–1995), the 1991 World Junior Champion, and a nine-time French national champion (1989–1997).
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Nov 4, 2021 · Surya Bonaly landed a backflip on one blade during her free skate at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano. This has never been repeated in Olympic competi...
Mar 2, 2024 · Olympic figure skater Surya Bonaly exclusively landed a backflip on one skate, a banned move now called "The Bonaly." Here's what happened to her.
Surya Bonaly: A figure skating pioneer. Bonaly landed a backflip on one blade during her free skate. This has never been repeated in Olympic competition since. “At first I was almost like ashamed… Maybe I'm going to be hated forever.” It was banned by the figure skating federation (ISU) in 1976.
Figure skater Surya Bonaly gave everything to a sport that didn’t always love her back. The retired Black figure skater, the first woman to attempt a quad in Olympic competition, persevered...
Embark on a journey through the annals of figure skating history with "Revolution on Ice: Surya Bonaly's Historic Backflip." This video explores the daring a...
Feb 16, 2022 · O lympian Surya Bonaly may be best remembered for rattling the judges during her 1998 Nagano Olympics free program when she—gasp!—performed a backflip. Backflips were, and still are, illegal in...
Feb 18, 2022 · Figure skater Surya Bonaly ended her Olympic career in 1998, but not without a parting shot to the naysayers.
Aug 18, 2015 · Surya Bonaly broke many of figure skating's racial barriers, and a new documentary honors her legacy.
