Beloved French figure skater Surya Bonaly revealed that her home was robbed of her medals.
Bonaly, 51, who broke boundaries with her illegal backflips and wild acrobatic skills on the ice in the '90s, took to Instagram to reveal the devastating news. Bonaly wrote that her Las Vegas home was robbed and her collection of precious figure skating medals was stolen.
Bonaly, who made headlines by performing a backflip at the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games, is a five-time European champion. She now works as a coach in Las Vegas.
"You see, all those medals that I won in the past while competing in different worlds and European championships are sadly gone. Several days ago someone I mean a couple burglarized my home and stole all my valuable Little reminder to Vegas residents or Pawn Shops if you ever see some foreign gold and silver medals for sales. Please please call the Police immediately, thanks?," Bonaly captioned the photo set, which featured some of her most iconic figure skating moments throughout the years.
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Bonaly is best known for her daring stunts on the ice. She previously spoke about how pleased she is that four-revolution jumps are making their way into the mainstream.
“It’s good that finally, after 30 years, somebody says, hey, we need to step it up and upgrade,” Bonaly told NBC Sports in 2022. “We cannot just stay forever and do the triples, the same jump over and over for the rest of eternity.”
With a strong gymnastics background, landing quads came naturally to Bonaly.
“I was really ahead of my time,” she said. “Triple, I could do that with my eyes closed. I say, hey, with extra speed, with extra height, I could do quadruple if I work on it.”
Bonaly saw her need to push the envelope as a powerful testament to women's strength.
“I wanted to do it, not because I wanted to be the first woman to do it, but just because I know that women don’t have to just be pretty and try to do a nice spiral,” she stated. “We definitely can mix both aspects of being pretty and being tough and being able to jump.”
She Wants to be Remembered as a Pioneer
Bonaly never won an Olympic medal, placing 4th at the 1994 Winter Olympics. She performed the first-ever backflip on one foot at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and immediately landed a place in our hearts as a groundbreaker. Looking back on the moment, Bonaly told Olympics.com how brave she felt in that moment, even though she didn't earn a medal.
“I appreciate [it] more and I feel more proud of myself - now - today - than years ago for when I did [the backflip]," she recalled. "I mean, even many years after, I'm like, ‘Damn, did I really finish fourth [at the Olympics]? But it is what it is.”
She encourages others to follow their dreams as well.
“Follow what you think is good for you. And even if it's hard, even if there are a lot of barriers, and lots of things to go through. Follow your passions, your dream, and do what you love," Bonaly advised.
French Olympic legend, Surya Bonaly, shocked the world by landing a backflip on one blade, but as she revealed on this week's podcast episode, she wants to be remembered as a pioneer - not a rebel.Listen in full: t.co/ZtHI7J9ZzN@suryabonaly @FranceOlympique @ISU_Figure pic.twitter.com/8cJBPr7ECl
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) October 28, 2020Related: Olympic Figure Skater Puts Louisiana House up for Sale After Announcing Divorce on Facebook: ‘My Heart Is Broken'
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