Surya Bonaly: I know, I was like, "It's the only time," and I guess-. Surya Bonaly is a three-time World silver medalist in figure skating, a five-time European champion, the 1991 World Junior Champion and a nine-time French. Surya BONALY. xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); Tracie Hunte: What happens next is one of these moments that really defines Surya's story for a lot of people. Bonaly was the French national Champion for nine years consecutively and was also the European Champion five years in a row. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, I finished ten. a t victime de violences physiques et psychologiques de la part de sa propre mre, qui a t sa principale motivation. Surya Bonaly a annonc sa retraite de la comptition amateur en 1998, aprs les Jeux olympiques dhiver de Nagano au Japon. TV Announcers: She really is amazing. Bonaly participated in three Winter Olympics, and though she never medalled at the Games, she is still considered one of the greats from the sport, as the five-time European champion and winner of . Surya Bonaly: Yeah, totally. Robert Krulwich: How do you spell Surya? It's a clean sound. And Surya was daring. V roce 1998 na zimnch olympijskch hrch v Naganu pedvedla jako jedin olympionika v historii salto vzad na jedn noze. Tracie Hunte: S-U-R-Y-A. Elvis Stojko: Like say a Tonya Harding-style skating. Elvis Stojko: To her skating. Johnette Howard: They want these people to look like little ballerinas but leap into these jumps like predators. Latif Nasser: So in her rerouting, she turns around from skating forwards to skating backwards, picks up speed, just like she's about to do a triple, but instead-. "We don't want her because she's black? She was adopted when she was 18 months old by Suzanne and Georges Bonaly, who. I definitely remember, when she was about to skate, my mom would be like, "The black girl is skating!" [ 1] Tracie Hunte: For various reasons. Surya Bonaly: Especially for ladies, they like to keep the girls pretty. But Surya Bonaly was not the skating talent they'd expected: eccentric, defiant, athletic - and black. Latif Nasser: They would say things like, oh-. "I never really quit skating. Her mother was a sports coach who taught multiple disciplines from gymnastics to figure skating. En prsence de son fianc, Pete Biver, lancienne patineuse sest vu remettre son prix dans sa ville natale de Chicago. Latif Nasser: Yeah, but if she-. Latif Nasser: She said she just wanted something that was hers. I still follow my passion!". Bonaly, 48, is touched that people remember her skating and amused that new fans enjoy videos of her competing and performing. Jad Abumrad: But I don't necessarily hear whatever it is that she is hearing and think, "Yes!". xhr.send(payload); Surya Bonaly: Sonja Henie. "I've been doing shows with champion Evgeni Plushenko for years. I have to keep going. Latif Nasser: Basically, her skating style was the exact opposite end of the spectrum from Surya's. Tracie Hunte: That she never cut her hair. Latif Nasser: Okay, okay. La petite fille a t adopte par Suzanne et Georges Bonaly alors qu'elle avait huit mois, et elle n'est jamais alle l'cole tant elle tait bien protge. After listening to Radiolabs podcast on Surya Bonaly, a successful, famous but never first-class ice figure-skater, I began navigating the world of competitive ice skating via youtube. "I wish there was somebody back in my day who was able to do that for me," the 48-year-old retired Black athlete told TODAY. Produced by Matt Kielty with help from Tracie Hunte. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. You can tell she's favoring one leg, but she manages to land a few jumps, then she falls. In the 1980s and '90s, competitive figure skating enthralled me. She knew. Tracie Hunte: In 1992, at the age of 18-. Surya Bonaly : l'ancienne patineuse victime de discrimination et de racisme durant sa.Dans les annes 1990, une jeune patineuse originaire de la campagne n. She was adopted by white parents when she was only 18 months old and began skating at the young age of 11. Jad Abumrad: What did she do? Latif Nasser: I laughed out loud when I heard you say that you would call me on your Zamboni break. Tracie Hunte: And speaking of difference, you know, if we fast forward a little bit TV Announcers: And here she is on the world stage, Surya Bonaly. The claim reappeared in a post on Instagram on February 13, 2023. Tracie spent the last few months with us producing that story as part of the WNYC Fellow Program. Tracie Hunte: Yeah, you're absolutely right. And we had three possibilities. Didier Gailhagu: And what do you want to hear? xhr.open('POST', 'https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', true); Tracie Hunte: So it's a jump forward, but rewind, we're in Nagano, Japan, 1998 Winter Olympics. They've changed the scoring system. It's a glide. Jad Abumrad: Producers Latin Nasser and Tracie Hunt. And I'm like, "No, I'm already here, I don't want to just maybe retire. And you're always second guessing. Latif Nasser: Oh, you'll see. How would you convince the many people listening to-, Robert Krulwich: Wouldn't it work-. Surya Bonaly was not your typical figure skater. Latif Nasser: Out of the picture. TV Announcers: Absolutely. Matt Kielty: It's a back flip! A friend of mine told me once that racism can make black people crazy, which is a very broad way of looking at it, in the sense that you almost never know why people are reacting to you the way that they do. Original music from Matt, and also from Dylan Keefe. Shows like Radiolab. "You always need someone to be the first to do something. And at the time, skating was sort of locked into this loud and fractious debate about "What do we want to be". ", Bonaly told The Root that she thinks one of the reasons there haven't been a lot of Black skaters is because they think "skating [and other winter sports] are just for whites." But Surya didnt accept that criticism. Robert Krulwich: It's always close. Up-and-Down Fortunes on the Ice. Jad Abumrad: That's our producer Matt Kielty. Just hold, hold, at this point, just hold. So, how did you first get into skating? Robert Krulwich: I mean all these other girls have worked just as hard as she has, one presumes. She lives in Minnesota and she's coaching young skaters. Matt Kielty: But she never wins? Tracie Hunte: According to her, they would say the kind of things like she was too muscular, or she wasn't elegant enough. It's a three-month show I'm proud to star in even though I'm getting old. "I mean, even many years after I'm like, 'Did I really finish fourth [at the Olympics]?" Absolutely. Latif Nasser: What does that sound like? var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); Latif Nasser: Does the splits in the air. And even if you spill, if you fail at those moves, you still get points. TV Announcers: Upset, no doubt. Travaux TER en cours. All the cameras crowding around and-. Everybody knows that you have to do better than anybody else who's white. Jad Abumrad: What do you mean? That guy just came in, he said hi to everybody in the room but he didn't say it to me. Surya Bonaly: From the local ring, I guess a coach kind of call and have a meeting with your parents, say "Hey, you know, it will be nice if you could come like two times a week. That's wnyc.org/participate, and that link is also in the show notes for this episode. Latif Nasser: Again. TV Announcers: And the crowd here appreciate it. Bye bye. Tracie Hunte: Yeah, she was just absolutely fearless. Latif Nasser: That one wasn't as close, but she was second again for the third year. It's like a computer, if I would have missed something, a jump, I say, "Okay, here, I can fit a triple here, obviously I can do a combo triple triple. What happens? Christian Estrosi, le maire de Nice, est celui qui la oubli. Latif Nasser: And then what comes to her is that there is this move that she has in her repertoire that she can do, but it's illegal. Those top three ladies: Oksana, Nancy, Lu-. Her name was given by her adopted parents Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly. Some good ones, do you know what I mean? Latif Nasser: So she would go to these ice shows-. Surya Bonaly: It's [inaudible 00:29:43]. Tracie Hunte: And then she lands on one foot. He says something, but you can't hear what it is. TV Announcers: Flowers for Katarina! The claim that Surya Bonaly, a French figure skater who rose to prominence in the early-mid 90s, was the reason the backflip was banned from figure skating is false. Whipping around, Bonaly landed on one blade an Olympic first that no one has dared to match. Did you feel that any of the difficulty was because you're black? Latif Nasser: Yeah, just for daring. Latif Nasser: So what happened was that right after all the results were out, they set up the medal ceremony, they called out the skaters. Latif Nasser: Oh, that's called the Bonaly? Tracie Hunte: They would just be flying through the air. TV Interviewers: Why did you not accept the medal? I was competing on the national team [in France] for 12 years, and there are [kids] who watched me for years and years performing while they were small. Tracie Hunte: In 1989 when she appears at the World Championships-. So she was just this sort of blip on the skating scene, where no one was like her before, and there hasn't really been anyone like her since. Jad Abumrad: I'm Jab Abu mrad. Dans cette vido on vous parle de l'histoire de Surya Bonaly , l'une des plus grandes championne franaise du patinage artistique.Championne avant gardiste d. Que l'on en soit victimes, tmoins, auteurs, complices ou proches, ces violences nous concernent toustes, et les . Tonya Harding: I was like, "How did you do that?". So there's no obvious thing about it, but it can make you feel a little paranoid, a little crazy. Latif Nasser: No, she keeps going. Latif Nasser: She started skating. An exceptional track record. Tonya Harding: Hi Latin. Latif Nasser: She pulled a muscle. Sandra Bezic: Soren Wheeler is Senior Editor. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, no. Ela foi trs vezes medalhista de prata do Campeonato Mundial (1993-1995), conquistou cinco medalhas de ouro e uma de prata em campeonatos europeus e foi eneacampe do campeonato nacional francs. Thodore de Banville, auteur de La Mer de Nice. Bestlifeonline.com is part of the Meredith Health Group. Latif Nasser: She takes the medal off of her head-. So three years in a row. It's okay. She won a 1986 World Trampoline Championships silver medal for France in team tumbling at age 12. TV Announcers: And now the silver medalist. You're the first person in the history of the human race who has done that. Here we go.". Let's get back to our story about Surya Bonaly, or Bonaly as it's said in French, from producers Tracie Hunt and Latin Nasser. Search instead in Creative? Tracie Hunte: Anyone. Jad Abumrad: Do you have any idea what you're saying right now? Kirsten: Hi there, this is Kirsten recording from Orlando, Florida. She was going to take it. She's French, 24 years old, she's black. She wins 8 out of 9 technical merits. https://www.instagram.com/suryabonaly1/?hl=en. Surya Bonaly: And I couldn't lift. Robert Krulwich: I'm Robert Kruller. Surya Bonaly: I thought it was like, amazing. TV Announcers: Another triple. And after that, you kind of see a difference. She just stood right next to the podium. She was black. Bonaly was born on December 15, 1973 in Nice, France to an Ivorian father and a mother from Runion, Madagascar. Sandra Bezic: It's a beautiful sound. She grew up in Nice. Surya Bonaly a avou Ouest-France en 2015 quelle se sentait vraiment dpasse par la douleur. She takes the ice-. Stone Cold 37m An unbelievable loss in the 1985 Canadian championship leads curling legend Pat Ryan to perfect a dominant strategy that changes the sport forever. TV Announcers: There's a lot there to be fixed. Jad Abumrad: stay listening? Tracie Hunte: He said that he made up the beach thing, he made up the hair thing, because he was trying to, she was the star-. And if I do, you don't care. And in a 5-4 decision-. Because there are no scratches. Latif Nasser: So it goes to being a tiebreaker. Latif Nasser: But, here's what happened. "A stunning backflip," Newsday wrote, 20 years ago this week. They didn't know what to do with me. Sandra Bezic: And on behalf of everyone at Radiolab-. Born in 1973 in France Adopted Rename Surya (means Sun in Sanskrit) Birth mother & father Adopted parents lived off the grid Surya was an active toddler Focused on skating and gymnastics at the age of 4 1984 she watched the Winter Olympics Broke her ankle Joined the French National Team in Figure Skating Back flip on ice Tumbling award 1986 Awards Respect Sorya, je vous ai toujours admir, quelle carrire, et le salto arrire restera longtemps grav dans notre ma mmoire ! Didier Gailhagu: Because female skating at that moment were nice cute girls. Tracie Hunte: More circly, yeah. The skater broke the rules and made Olympics history with her backflip. Latif Nasser: She's in this gold and blue sequin outfit, and she starts her routine. In fact-. Black?". She told the Olympic Channel podcast, "If I would have been white, maybe I would have my title long ago but who knows? Figure Skating. And that's something that she couldn't do because she was jumping on straight lines. You were really terrific. Malgr cela, la patineuse, qui a concouru sous le drapeau franais, a un CV t ce qui lui permettrait de revendiquer plus dun titre : neuf fois championne de France, cinq fois championne dEurope, trois fois vice-championne du globe (senior) Pourtant, malgr le fait quelle ait disput trois Jeux Olympiques , Bonaly na jamais pu siffler du haut du monde, ni complter sa collection de mdailles olympiques (1992, 1994 et 1998). TV Announcers: We're here live at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning in Japan. For the technical merit, it's the 5.9s that please her. Latif Nasser: Her left leg. Tracie Hunte: She was kind of hard on Surya. Latif Nasser: After she gets her scores. TV Announcers: There's a lot work to be done on the choreography yet, there's a lot of work to be done on the grace. And I split my eye open and almost broke my neck and I was just like, you know what, I don't think this is going to be a good thing. Her performances - punctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power moves - thrilled audiences around the world. Introduction: Wait. Tracie Hunte: She'd strike a pose, and then just take off. You will see significant upgrades in-store and online this year. It came down to a choice between Yuka Sato's artistry and dynamic footwork and Surya Bonaly's gymnastic jumping, and the judges gave the women's world figure skating championship to Sato Saturday . It's probably my last competition, I don't want to just retire like that. Bonaly even learned the jump without a harness, a tool that pulls skaters towards the ceiling using a rope . TV Announcers: The judges don't. Robert Krulwich: What about back flips? And there's no end to what she might achieve. Tonya Harding: I went through it, I know all about it. Mais ce nest pas fait, et je nentrerai pas dans les codes. Showing Editorial results for surya bonaly. Gosh, I wish I had a good word to describe it. Tonya Harding: The strength, and the power-. I can't imagine what it must be like, well I can imagine what it must be like. if( 'moc.enilnoefiltseb' !== location.hostname.split('').reverse().join('') ) { Team France. Tracie Hunte: But when it came down to the artistic marks-. Latif Nasser: This is Tonya Harding, and she and Surya were friends. Sandra Bezic: Hi. See Him at 63. 1992ko, 1994ko eta 1998ko Neguko Olinpiar Jokoetan parte hartu zuen. Tracie, we'll miss you. TV Announcers: And she finishes her program with her back to the judges. Latif Nasser: It's illegal because it's so dangerous. So okay, so we're starting in 1998. Tracie Hunte: And, at the Olympics, which were just a month before, the top three ladies-. Tracie Hunte: Immediately starts with this double axel. TV Announcers: International Skating Union President Olaf Poulsen-. Latif Nasser: Cause it's really dangerous. It's super slushy. Lost in the Desert 34m And, you know, I spent lots of hours there, just waiting for my mom. The radius could be huge, but it's still a circle. Latif Nasser: Elvis Stojko, too. Ctait comme, H, je peux faire des triples, alors quelle est la prochaine ? TV Announcers: Now Yuka Sato, the 21 year old from Tokyo-. And I think there were a lot of people in skating that didn't want it. Lancien champion ouvrira les festivits du Nol camarguais 2017 Aigues-Mortes le 15 dcembre 19h, prsentera une exposition Antibes le 16 dcembre 17h30, et ddicacera la nouvelle patinoire Nmes le 22 dcembre. Latif Nasser: Well I asked her. Un acte de violence psychologique, mais aussi psychologique. Rechercher une fiche travaux. Sandra Bezic: And the other thing about skating that you don't necessarily get on camera is the sound of the edge. Il faut prciser que lancienne gymnaste tait bien consciente du fait que le backflip est interdit en patinage artistique depuis 1976 du fait quil ncessite un atterrissage sur les deux patins. It's a gentle carving. That she had a bad attitude. You're like recalculating. So as far as sports go, it's kind of in its own category. Tracie Hunte: She's on pain killers. Jacques Barbri, crivain franais de science-fiction, n le 14 juillet 1954 Nice. I love those show time and just, you know, those fantastic costumes. Tracie Hunte: No back flips. I was just trying to be happy. And that makes someone like Surya much more vulnerable. Les horaires modifis sont aussi visibles lorsque vous recherchez une gare. de patineurs. It was a huge deal. Latif Nasser: But there is this kind of ironic thing, I guess, which is that if you took her and you put her in competition today, if she was competing on the world stage today, she would would probably do better than she did back then. The backflip, which has. TV Announcers: Oh, this is a first for me, that's for sure. Tonya Harding: Our staff includes-, Sandra Bezic: Simon Adler, Brenna Farrell, David Gebel, Marie-Renie Le: Matt Kielty, Robert Kruller, Tonya Harding: Latin Nasser. Elvis Stojko: Explosive. The tenaciousness of Surya Bonaly makes her more of a champion than all of her titles combined. Laudace de Bonaly ne sest pas limite dfier les normes ; cela stendait aussi les pousser leurs limites. TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly is a striking and exotic figure on the ice-, Johnette Howard: She just arrested your eyes when she skated. Surya Bonaly tait ravie de retourner Nice pour son anniversaire (elle a eu 46 ans le 15 dcembre 2019). Lorsque vous avez matris un certain aspect, vous devez continuellement vous efforcer de lamliorer en essayant quelque chose de nouveau et de diffrent plutt que de vous en tenir aux mmes vieilles choses. Surya Bonaly Vie Prive; Si vous souhaitez poursuivre une carrire de patineur artistique professionnel, vous devez tre natif de La Runion.La date de naissance de Surya Bonaly est le 15 dcembre 1973. Radiolab is produced by Jab Abumrad. Jad Abumrad: So she never gets first? Robert Krulwich: Wait a minute. Latif Nasser: Sure, but picture yourself if you're in that position, and you find yourself getting second, second, you feel like you're not-. 458 Surya Bonaly Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 458 surya bonaly stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Latif Nasser: She didn't come out. Elvis Stojko: Yuka was one of those really lyrical skaters. You do your best, it's fine. Latif Nasser: Was this all going through your mind as you were skating? Tracie Hunte: And actually as a commentator-. Latif Nasser: So after the medal ceremony's over, she just gets mobbed by reporters. As Surya blows up, and all these people who never liked figure skating fall in love with her, over and over-. A vibrant picture book biography of Surya Bonaly, the figure skating champion who backflipped her way into history As a young girl in France, Surya Bonaly was constantly in motion, gifted in any sport she tried. Surya Bonaly, 2010.jpg 821 1,125; 130 KB. Latif Nasser: And you could either of see it as a kind of-. Melissa O'donnell, Kelsey Padgett, Sandra Bezic: Arianne Wack, and Molly Webster, with help from Alexandra Lee Young, Tonya Harding: Tracie Hunt, Stephanie Tam, and Micah Loewinger. It was just one of the best skates of her life. document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function() { Surya Bonaly of France does a back flip during the ladies technical program at the Winter Goodwill Games on .