Famous People in Figure Skating

Brian Boitano won the Olympics in 1988. His signature jump was the Tano triple lutz where he raised his left arm above his head.

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Frank Carroll is considered one of the best figure skating coaches in the world. His figure skating students have won six world championships, four junior world championships, three Olympic medals, and twenty world championship medals. The most famous skater he trained is figure skating legend Michelle Kwan. He also trained world champion and Olympic Silver Medalist Linda Fratianne.

Russian male figure skater Evgeni Plushenko won the Gold Medal in the 2006 Olympics. His huge jumps dazzle audiences.

At the 2006 Olympics, Belbin and Agosto won a silver medal in ice dancing, the highest Olympic result of any American pair in the discipline. They were the first American ice dancers to win an Olympic medal in thirty years.

Michelle Kwan has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. She is considered a figure skating legend and is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history.

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Dorothy Hamill won the 1976 Olympics. Her signature move was known as the "Hamill camel." Her famous "wedge" hairstyle was copied by young girls everywhere.

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Russian pair skaters Gordeeva and Grinkov won virtually every competition they entered. They won the Olympics in both 1988 and in 1994. They began skating together as children and married in 1991. Sergei died suddenly in 1995. Ekaterina Gordeeva continues to perform.

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John Nicks has coached many top U.S. pairs teams including Jo Jo Starbuck and Ken Shelley, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner and Jenny Meno and Todd Sand. He also coached Peggy Fleming and Sasha Cohen.

Sasha Cohen won a silver medal at the 2006 Olympics. She is known for being one of the most polished skaters in the world.

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Kristi Yamaguchi won the 1992 Olympics. She also competed in Pairs Skating with partner Rudy Galindo. In 1989, she became the first woman to win two medals at the U.S. nationals in thirty-five years.

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