{{short description|American figure skater}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox figure skater |name = Audrey Peppe |image = Audrey Peppe 1935.jpg |image_size = 260px |caption = Peppe in 1935 |fullname = Audrey Frances Peppe |altname = |country = {{USA}} |birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|10|12}} |birth_place = New York City |hometown = Long Beach, New York, U.S.<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192415/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/audrey-peppe-1.html Audrey Peppe]. sports-reference.com</ref> |death_date = {{death date and age|1992|4|1|1917|10|12}} |death_place = Queens, New York, U.S. |height = |spouse = David Benner (m. 1940, div. 19??)<br/>Robert Rapee (m. 1944) |partner = |coach = |skating club = Skating Club of New York |retired= 1939; turned professional in 1940 and ran the figure skating program at Sun Valley, Idaho. Later taught skating at the Skating Club of New York }}
'''Audrey Frances Peppe''' (later ''Benner'', October 12, 1917 – April 1, 1992) was an American figure skater. She was the 1936 U.S. bronze medalist and 1938–1939 silver medalist. She lost the 1938 national title to Joan Tozzer by {{frac|1|10}} of a point.<ref name="finefigures">{{cite magazine |title= Fine Figures |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760703,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024113834/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760703,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |magazine= Time |date= January 30, 1939 |accessdate=June 6, 2008 }}</ref> Peppe competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she placed twelfth in the singles event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usfigureskating.org/content/events/200506/olympics/olympic-medalists.pdf |title=Historical Placements: US Olympic Figure Skating Team |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910120717/http://www.usfigureskating.org/content/events/200506/olympics/olympic-medalists.pdf |archive-date=September 10, 2012}} {{small|(260 KiB)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/olympicladies1930.html |title=Skatabase: 1930s Olympics Ladies Results |access-date=June 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011173720/http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/olympicladies1930.html |archive-date=October 11, 2008 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}</ref> She turned professional in December 1939.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://jillshipstad.com/Time%20News%20article.pdf |title= On Ice |accessdate=June 6, 2008 |date= December 18, 1939 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
Peppe was the niece of Beatrix Loughran, who also coached her.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Five Little Pretenders |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759202,00.html?promoid=googlep |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024113911/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,759202,00.html?promoid=googlep |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |magazine=Time |date= March 7, 1938 |accessdate=June 6, 2008 }}</ref> In May 1940 she married David Benner<ref>:File:Audrey Peppe weds David Benner 1940.jpg</ref><ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1941/03/29/1941_03_29_009_TNY_CARDS_000184953 The Talk of the Town: Native Skater] ''The New Yorker''</ref> but the marriage did not last. In 1944 she married Robert Rapee, son of symphony conductor Ernö Rapée. They had one child.
==Results== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Event ! 1932 ! 1933 ! 1934 ! 1936 ! 1937 ! 1938 ! 1939 |- | Winter Olympics || || || || align="center" | 12th || || || |- | World Championships || || || || align="center" | 13th || align="center" | 12th || || |- | European Championships || || || || || align="center" | 11th || || |- | U.S. Championships || align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd J || align="center" | 4th J || align="center" | 4th || align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peppe, Audrey}} Category:1917 births Category:1992 deaths Category:American female single skaters Category:Olympic figure skaters for the United States Category:Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Category:Figure skaters from New York City Category:20th-century American sportswomen Category:Sportspeople from Long Beach, New York {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub}}