Michelle Kwan

Michelle Kwan is an American figure skater and diplomat who won five World Figure Skating Championships and two Olympic medals.

1998 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Nagano, Japan, in 1998. Kwan won silver in Nagano after a closely watched rivalry with Tara Lipinski.
Frank Carroll: An American figure-skating coach who trained several world and Olympic champions. Carroll coached Kwan through much of her championship career.
Asian Americans in figure skating: The history and participation of athletes of Asian descent in American figure skating. Kwan became one of the sport’s most prominent Asian American figures.
World Figure Skating Championships: The annual international figure-skating championships organized by the International Skating Union. Kwan’s five world titles came in this senior international event.
2002 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2002. Kwan earned bronze, her second Olympic medal, in a competition won by Sarah Hughes.
Rafael Arutunian: A Russian-American figure-skating coach known for training elite skaters. Arutunian coached Kwan during the later years of her competitive career.
Figure skating judging system: The rules and scoring procedures used to evaluate competitive figure skating. Kwan competed across the transition from the 6.0 system to the ISU Judging System.
Figure skating at the Olympic Games: The figure-skating competitions held as part of the Winter Olympic Games. Her two Olympic medals were earned in women’s singles at these Games.
1996 World Figure Skating Championships: The 1996 edition of the annual senior world championships in figure skating. Kwan won her first world title at age 15.
Sarah Hughes: An American figure skater who won the women’s singles gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Hughes won the Olympic title in Salt Lake City while Kwan took bronze.

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