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3 days ago · Yamaguchi’s moment on the podium was the culmination of a stellar amateur career in which she won two World Figure Skating Championships (1991 & 1992) and two U.S. titles in pairs (1989 & 1990 ...
1 day ago · “I remember sitting next to Kristi Yamaguchi and Nancy Kerrigan on neighboring computers, and that’s where I got to know them.” The Olympic Village in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. Quinn Rooney ...
2 days ago · Honolulu (KHON2) – Kay Mukaigawa of Engel & Volkers Honolulu sits down with Olympic Gold Medalist, Kristi Yamaguchi to talk about “Always Dream,” a reading program that builds confidence in ...
1 day ago · Kristi Yamaguchi at the 1992 Winter Olympics "I've been dabbling in martial arts so maybe judo," 1992 Olympic figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi said. "I'm sad that karate is not still in the Games.
3 days ago · When you think about the Winter Olympics, figure skating is likely the first event that comes to mind. At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, it was Yamaguchi’s time to take center stage. Fresh off victories at the 1991 and ’92 World Championships, Yamaguchi won the ladies’ singles gold medal over Midori Ito and fellow American, Nancy Kerrigan.
3 days ago · Kristi Yamaguchi, with brightly painted lips and matching blushed cheeks, smiled for the camera while holding her gold medal for women’s singles figure skating at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games ...
5 days ago · Think of Dorothy Hamill, Peggy Fleming, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Tara Lapinski (and 1988 bronze medalist Debi Thomas, who later became an orthopedic surgeon). But before all of them, there was Tenley Albright, a polio survivor and the first US woman to win a gold medal in figure skating in 1956 who became beloved in the aftermath.
