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Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American former competitive figure skater, actress, sports commentator, and documentary film producer.A former competitor in women's singles, she is the 1998 Olympic champion, the 1997 World champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997–1998) and the 1997 U.S. national champion.
The primary contenders for the gold medal were Americans Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan. [4] Kwan and Lipinski were in first and second place respectively after the short program. In the free skating, both Lipinski and Kwan skated clean. 6 judges placed Lipinski ahead of Kwan, and three placed Kwan ahead of Lipinski, which meant Lipinski won ...
Michelle Wingshan Kwan (born July 7, 1980) is a retired American competitive figure skater and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002), a five-time world champion (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003) and a nine-time U.S. champion (1996, 1998–2005).
It produced iconic talents and breakout stars — Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, Tara Lipinski, Michelle Kwan, Debi Thomas and so on. Yet it hasn’t had an ...
“Tara Lipinski is incredible, but as an Asian American, I don’t relate to her in the same way as Michelle Kwan,” Herman said. “One of my big takeaways [about 1998] is we’re not over it ...
Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir open the European Figure Skating Championships today with a very emotional tribute to the victims of the plane crash in Washington D.C. last night (h/t ...
Tara Lipinski: Michelle Kwan: Vanessa Gusmeroli: Pair skating [3] ... At age 14, Tara Lipinski became the youngest skater to win the World title in ladies' singles.
As a young figure skater growing up in Cincinnati, Mary Siegel looked up to Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski and Scott Hamilton. Siegel, now 35, moved on from competitive figure skating many years ago ...