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Harding spent much of her early life training, eventually dropping out of high school to devote her time to the sport. After climbing the ranks in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships between 1986 and 1989, Harding won the 1989 Skate America competition. She was the 1991 and 1994 U.S. champion, and 1991 World silver medalist.
Madeline Schizas (born February 14, 2003) is a Canadian figure skater.She is a two-time ISU Challenger Series bronze medalist, the 2020 International Challenge Cup bronze medalist, and a three-time Canadian national champion (2022–23, 2025), and represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The following is a list of notable figure skaters who have competed in women's singles.These are skaters who have won a gold, silver, or bronze medal at at least one of the following competitions: the Winter Olympics, the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the ...
Rory Flack (Flack-Mitchell [1]) (born April 28, 1969) is a professional figure skater and former competitor. She is the first African American woman to perform a back flip on the ice in 1991. In 1994 she became the first African American woman to win the US Open Professional Figure Skating Championships.
The figure skater sounds off on social media, aging and staying positive amid the "notoriety" of her 1994 attack. Olympic great Nancy Kerrigan on staying fit at 52: 'I'm still very capable' [Video ...
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).
After the 1980 season, Fratianne retired from competitive skating and performed in touring shows, including ten years as a lead skater of Disney on Ice. In 1993, she was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame. [6] Fratianne was known for "cementing the importance of triple jumps in [women's] skating."
Since then, Glenn went on to win the ISU Grand Prix Final as the first U.S. female figure skater in 14 years, in Grenoble, France. Last year, it was likely difficult for Glenn to imagine herself ...