Biography:​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins (born January 20, 1940 in New York City) is an American figure skater. She is the 1960 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, 1956 Olympic silver medalist and five-time World Champion (1956–1960). Description above from the Wikipedia article Carol Heiss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.