Originally from Akron, the Jenkins family had a lock on men's figure skating from 1953 until 1960.

Older brother Hayes Alan Jenkins won the gold medal at the 1956 Olympics in Cortina, Italy. After finishing fourth at the 1952 Olympics in Oslo, the older Jenkins went undefeated in major competition for four years winning the U.S. and world championships from 1953 to 1956, culminating with his first place finish at the Olympic Games. 

Hayes Alan Jenkins went on to tour with the Ice Capades and later received a law degree from Harvard University. He married figure skater, Carol Heiss, who won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Carol Heiss went on to dominate women's figure skating following her silver medal win in Cortina. She won five consecutive world championships from 1956 to 1960 and finished first at the U.S. national championships from 1957 to 1960. She capped her amateur career with a gold medal win at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. Following skating she tried acting and appeared in "Snow White and the Three Stooges".  After her marriage she settled in northeast Ohio where she has become a coach to such well known skaters as Tonia Kwiatkowski, Timothy Gabel and Miki Ando. Heiss is based out of the Winterhurst Ice Rink in Lakewood.

While Hayes Alan Jenkins stood atop the podium in 1956, his younger brother, David, was on the medal stand too. David Jenkins won the bronze medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He then went undefeated holding the U.S. and world titles from 1957 to 1959. David Jenkins cemented his amateur career with a gold medal win at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. David Jenkins went on to become a physician.