Audrey Frances Peppe (later ''Benner'', October 12, 1917 – April 1, 1992) was an American

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, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She was the 1936 U.S. bronze medalist and 1938–1939 silver medalist. She lost the 1938 national title to Joan Tozzer by of a point. Peppe competed at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

, where she placed twelfth in the

singles event A singles event is an activity or program made available specifically to the romantically unattached, often with the underlying or explicit purpose of fostering dating or relationships among attendees. A singles event with a cocktail party-type a ...

. She turned professional in December 1939. Peppe was the niece of

Beatrix Loughran Beatrix Suzetta Loughran (June 30, 1900 – December 7, 1975) was an American figure skater who competed in single and pair skating. She is the only American to win three Olympic medals in figure skating (1924, 1928, 1932), and one of the oldes ...

, who also coached her. In May 1940 she married David BennerThe Talk of the Town: Native Skater
''The New Yorker'' but the marriage did not last. In 1944 she married Robert Rapee, son of symphony conductor Ernö Rapée. They had one child.

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