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By Mike Celizic. It has been more than 30 years since a 19-year-old Dorothy Hamill captured America’s heart — and an Olympic gold medal — as the queen of figure skating. Now, she’s finally ...
At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, Hamill came in second in the figures and then won the short and long programs, taking the gold medal. She was the last single skater to win the Olympics without a triple jump. [1] Hamill also won the 1976 World Championships, and then turned professional.
Feb. 13, 1976. Before Dorothy Hamill takes to the ice for her freestyle routine at the Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, she starts crying after seeing a sign in the stands that says, "Which of the ...
Oct 3, 2007 · Oct. 3, 2007, 4:24 AM PDT / Source: TODAY. When Dorothy Hamill won Olympic gold in 1976 with her trademark spin, the “Hamill Camel,” she inspired millions. But behind that sparkling smile was ...
Dorothy Hamill (born July 26, 1956, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American figure skater who won the gold medal for women’s figure skating in the 1976 Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. (Read Scott Hamilton’s Britannica entry on figure skating.) Hamill first skated at age eight on a backyard pond. By 14 she was being privately ...
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Apr 10, 2024 · In 1976, Dorothy Hamill won the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Austria. Shortly after, she earned the World Championship title in Sweden. Hamill's sweet face, bobbed hairstyle and ...
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Mar 7, 1994 · In 1986 Hamill met Ken Forsythe, a sports physician and a former member of the Canadian Olympic ski team. A year later they were married. Together, they produced both Alexandra and the highly acclaimed Nutcracker on Ice in '88. The Ice Capades, in the meantime, was skating on thinner and thinner ice.
