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Tara Lipinski
Tara Kristen Lipinski is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater. A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1997 U.S. national champion and world champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997–1998), and the 1998 Olympic champion. She is the youngest single skater Olympic champion and World champion ever, and until 2019 was the youngest to win the U.S. Nationals. She was the first woman to complete a triple loop–triple loop combination, which became her signature jump element, in competition.
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American retired 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, a five-time world champion and a nine-time U.S. champion. She is tied with Maribel Vinson for the all-time National Championship record.
Katarina Witt
German figure skater
Sasha Cohen
American figure skater
Shizuka Arakawa
Japanese figure skater
Dick Button
American figure skater, sports personality, actor, lawyer (1929–2025)
Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
Scott Scovell Hamilton is a retired American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won a gold medal in the 1984 Winter Olympics, four consecutive World Championships (1981–84) and four consecutive U.S. championships (1981–84). His signature move, the backflip, a feat few other figure skaters could perform at the time, was against U.S. Figure Skating and Olympic competition rules at the time. Yet, he would include it in his exhibition routines as an amateur to please the crowd. Later, he also used the backflip in his professional competition routines. He is widely recognized for his innovative footwork sequences. In retirement, he has served as an Olympic analyst, been involved in charitable work, and is the author of three books.
Brian Boitano
United States figure skater
Peggy Fleming
American figure skater
Johnny Weir
John Garvin Weir is an American television commentator and retired figure skater. He is a two-time Olympian, the 2008 World bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2001 World Junior Champion, and a three-time U.S. National champion (2004–2006). He was the youngest U.S. National champion since 1991, in 2006 the first skater to win U.S. Nationals three times in a row since Brian Boitano in the late 1980s, and the first American to win Cup of Russia in 2007.
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Russian pair skater
Midori Ito
Japanese figure skater
Tatiana Tarasova
figure skater
Kurt Browning
Canadian sports commentator
Nobunari Oda
Japanese figure skater
Eva Pawlik
Austrian figure skater, actress, commentator (1927–1983)
Debbi Wilkes
figure skater
Bob Costas
American sportscaster
Tracy Wilson
Canadian ice dancer, figure skating coach
Yuka Sato
Japanese figure skater and choreographer
Mary Carillo
American sportscaster and former professional tennis player
Phyllis George
American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster (1949-2020)
Paul Wylie
American figure skater
Takeshi Honda
Japanese figure skater (1981-)
Robin Roberts
American television broadcaster (born 1960)
Jim McKay
American television sports journalist (1921–2008)
Peter Carruthers
figure skater and sportscaster
Al Michaels
American television sportscaster
Sandra Bezic
figure skater
Emi Watanabe
figure skater
Julie Moran
American model and television presenter
Jillian Barberie
Canadian-born American television hostess, sportscaster, radio personality and actress
Georgy Sarkisyants
sports journalist (1934–2011)
Greg Gumbel
American sportscaster (1946–2024)
Daniel Weiss
German figure skater
Bonnie Bernstein
American sports journalist and executive
Chris Schenkel
sportscaster (1923–2005)
Tracy Wolfson
American sportscaster
Dick Enberg
American sportscaster (1935–2017)