Tara Lipinski

Tara Lipinski is an American former figure skater who won the 1998 Olympic women’s singles gold medal and the 1997 world championship.

1998 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Nagano, Japan, from February 7 to 22, 1998. Lipinski won the women’s singles title at these Games, becoming the event’s youngest champion.
Michelle Kwan: An American figure skater who won five world championships and the 1998 Olympic women’s singles bronze medal. Kwan was Lipinski’s chief American rival and finished behind her at Nagano.
Youngest Olympic champions in figure skating: A group of figure skaters who won Olympic titles at unusually young ages. Lipinski became the youngest Olympic singles champion in figure skating at age 15.
1998 Olympic women’s singles figure skating: The women’s singles figure skating competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Its final standings show Lipinski defeating favored compatriot Michelle Kwan.
1997 World Figure Skating Championships: The 1997 edition of the annual ISU figure skating championships, held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Lipinski won the women’s singles world title at age 14.
Richard Callaghan: An American figure skating coach who trained several national and international champions. Callaghan coached Lipinski through her world and Olympic titles.
Women’s singles figure skating: A figure skating discipline in which women perform individual short and free programs. Her Olympic and world titles came in this discipline.
1994 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Lillehammer, Norway, in February 1994. The preceding Olympic cycle provides context for the champions Lipinski followed.
1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships: The 1998 national figure skating championships of the United States. Lipinski won the senior women’s title before the Nagano Olympics.
Todd Eldredge: An American figure skater who won the 1996 world championship in men’s singles. Eldredge was a fellow U.S. champion during Lipinski’s rise.

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Figure skating at the Olympic GamesRelated: Her victory made her the youngest Olympic figure skating champion at the time.