Sharon Kay Burley Sullivan (born 8 May 1956 in

Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis (from , meaning "three cities") may refer to: Places Greece *Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in the Pelasgiotis district, Thessaly, near Larissa ...

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

) is an Australian

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

who competed in ladies singles. She finished first at the

Australian Figure Skating Championships The Australian Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organised by Ice Skating Australia to crown the national champions of Australia. The first official Australian Championships were held in 1931 in Sydney. Medals ...

four times and competed at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games, coming in twentieth. She now coaches at the Gold Coast ice rink: Iceland, Bundall as the only figure skating Olympian from Queensland. Burley is the daughter of Olympic figure skater

Nancy Burley Nancy Burley (8 March 1930 – 7 January 2013) was an Australian figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Ga ...

and the sister of Australian champion Robyn Burley.

Results

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Australian female single skaters Olympic figure skaters for Australia Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Tripoli, Libya 20th-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-figure-skating-bio-stub