4 Responses to “Are there ice hockey players or figure skaters with an African heritage?”

1. boxer on November 23rd, 2008 6:58 pm

   He is wrong. there are at least three. It is not a race problem to do with physic but it is an oppurtunity problem. Not many black kids get exposed to hockey and even fewer get encouraged to try it out. Same thing with figure skating.
   please look at these links;

   I am not black and this is not about racism.

2. Violet's identity crisis on November 24th, 2008 4:46 am

   Yes, but there aren’t very many of them.

3. Moo i'm a cow on November 27th, 2008 3:45 am

   It might be due to ecomomic status too. Figure skating is time and money consuming and is often only pursued by the more wealthy.

   That said, surya bonaly is an example of an a skater with african heritage. She is french by nationality. However, she is not known for her artistic finesse, and is mainly lauded for her great jumping and acrobatic ability.

4. FabMom on November 27th, 2008 4:24 am

   I cannot think of her name right now, but she won a bronze medal in figure skating in the 1994 winter olympics. Her last name is Bobili (not sure of the spelling). First name is something like Sureya? I watched her in that competition and she was fantastic. She should have gotten the silver, but I think they felt sorry for Nancy Kerrigan that year after she was attacked. She really stunk, but they gave her the silver anyway.