TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - by DENISE BIELLMANN & MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM DENISE AT THE END

SHE MAY HAVE NEVER WON THE OLYMPICS, BUT HAD THE NASTY HABIT OF BEATING ALL THE WORLD & OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS, IN OTHER COMPETITIONS.......JUST ABOUT NO SKATER IN THE WORLD, THAT I REMEMBER, COULD TAKE HER ON AND WIN IN THE 90's, INCLUDING ANY OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS.........

FOR MY MONEY THE GREATEST AND MOST ENDURING SINGLES SKATER OF ALL TIME.......1981 WORLD CHAMPION DENISE BIELLMANN !!!

SOME MIGHT SAY THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME IS PEOPLE LIKE 2 TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION KATERINA WITT, OR MULTIPLE WORLD CHAMPION MICHELLE KWAN, AND THOUGH I LOVE THOSE 2, AND OTHERS, THE KEY WORD HERE IS "ENDURING" AND IRONICALLY "BEST IN SHAPE" AS WELL, DENISE STARTED COMPETING IN THE 70's AND THERE ARE VIDEOS HERE ON YOU TUBE TO PROVE IT, AND KEPT WINNING ALL THE WAY WELL INTO THE 2000's - WITT'S CAREER LASTED ABOUT HALF THAT LONG, AND KWAN'S CAREER LASTED LESS THAN A QUARTER THAT LONG, WITH A VERY SHORT PRO CAREER.......... BUT IN THE 90's, 20 YEARS AFTER DENISE STARTED COMPETING, NOT MANY WORLD OR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS WOULD RELISH THAT FACT THAT DENISE WOULD ALWAYS SHOW UP ON THE ROSTER TO BEAT THEM, KINDA EMBARRASSING FOR THEM, I WOULD IMAGINE.......