Catherine Machado was an American figure skater. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Figure skating is an athletic Sport in which individuals pairs or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging She won the bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and became the first Hispanic skater to represent the U. The US Figure Skating Championships is an annual Figure skating competition organized by U S. at the Winter Olympics in 1956. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After that year's World Championships, she turned professional. She was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2005[1]. The United States Skating Hall of Fame serves as a repository for the sport of Figure skating.
| Event/Season | 1955 | 1956 |
| Winter Olympics | - | 6th |
| World Championships | 10th | 6th |
| U.S. Championships | 3rd | 3rd |