Like many young girls born during the “Boomer Generation”, I remember first watching the Olympic Games while parked in front of my parent’s black & white television set. The year was 1968.
The political landscape was healing as the Nation mourned the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. In November, Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon faced one another in the presidential election.
And, on the world sports scene, Americans were mesmerized by the graceful skill of a talented figure skater named Peggy Fleming. Ms. Fleming won the gold medal in the world’s Olympics female figure skating competition held in Grenoble, France. Americans applauded her as she also was the only U.S. athlete to bring home a gold medal in those 1968 Winter Olympic Games.
We at Charles & Colvard are proud to acknowledge this exceptional woman for all of her achievements: Olympic gold medalist, breast cancer survivor and advocate for cancer prevention and early detection, osteoporosis national spokesperson, on-air sports analyst, Emmy winner, mother and co-founder of the Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery.
Please join us in congratulating Ms. Fleming on receiving the Charles & Colvard Women of Brilliant Achievement award. Learn more about this amazing woman through our Women of Brilliant Achievement section, visiting her official site, touring her vineyard or visiting its site and of course by sharing in her cause–supporting breast cancer research and prevention through early detection!
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