Show British Child Skate Champ Aims Amis to Win Wil Worlds World's Title Editors Editor's tote Note Cecelia Cecell Colledge old ear ll-j ll old car British figure skater in inthe inthe the lic following article written critten for the United Press Tress as the youngest competitor corn com In the third winter Olympic games ames here traces her career from the he time she first donned skates until until un un- un- un til she became the worlds world's youngest gold I By CECELIA COLLEDGE Copyright 1932 by United Press LAKE PLACID N. N Y Feb 9 Be 9 Be Be- Being Being ing lug a champion figure skater is not as nice sometimes as you ou may think Sometimes when I 1 see American girls gills at play play play-at at Lake Placid 1 I would like to join them But I 1 cant can't for I have to think about the worlds world's championship championship cham cham- which 1 I have made up my mind to win Of course I dont don't practice practice practice tice and train all the time I have some spare time and most of ot it I 1 spend playing with dolls STARTED EARLY I started to lo skate skale when I was about 7 years ears old I was skating at the London Ice club In 1928 when Sonja Henie the I worlds world's champion figure skater and Marivel VInson the American champion champion cham chain pion said that if 1 I were train trained d I might become a champion I 1 skated all of ol 1928 1028 and took look the bronze medal 1 I skated at the Richmond Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- mond ice rink in 1929 under the instruction instruction in- in of Phil Taylor Then I was placed under the tutorship of Jacques Gerschwiler director of ot athletics at al Lyceum at Switzerland Switzerland Switzer Switzer- land two miles from St. St Moritz WON IVON AGAIN I skated at Hammersmith's in London London London Lon Lon- don the summer of ot 1930 and then In December I again went vent to Switzerland Switzer Switzer- land under Mr Gerschwiler and en entered entered en- en various competitions winning three cups Returning to London I won von the sil silver silver sliver sli- sli ver medal and was third in the British British British Brit Brit- ish championships I 1 trained hard and passed for the gold old medal on April 22 1931 at the age of 10 years with wilh the hc highest mark ev r attained by an English skater I 1 stopped slopped skating on July 2 and went to Belgium for a long rest Returning to London on September September Sep Sep- September 9 9 I 1 went into training for tor the Olympic trials in which I finished second after obtaining the highest marks in Jn school figures |