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In the 1974
On staying fit: “I’ve always loved physical activity; I was a tomboy when I was little. I still can’t sit still, I’m just more comfortable moving. I started skating in my forties—during the age of disco. I loved the music, the skate-dancing in the streets. I was in my early fifties when I started competing and winning medals in artistic roller skating. I also won a gold medal skiing, at 55, at Copper Mountain in Colorado. I started skiing when I was 29 and fell in love with it. I still ski in the winter, and am a member of the Sno-Burners [one of the oldest Black ski clubs in the U.S.].”