Tara Kristen Lipinski is a retired American figure skater. At the age of 15, she won the ladies' singles Olympic gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, becoming the youngest Olympic gold medalist in ladies' figure skating in an individual ...
"I'll be on a plane or something saying, 'Oh, my gosh, can you believe it?' I have to think about it to really realize it's happened." (On winning the Olympic Gold Medal)
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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"Every time I'm out there, I'm grateful. It's more of a feeling of just being lucky. And maybe that shows in my skating." (On having sucessful hip surgery, which prevented a career ending injury)
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I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
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I didn't think I'd become an actress after the Olympics, but then I did a little bit and I really enjoyed it.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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She is currently filming scenes in Alpha Dog (2006) (Note: she did not appear in Alpha Dog) and will appear in an episode of Still Standing (2002). [February 2005]
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Will appear in a episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002) as "Camp Counselor Grey". [August 2004]
Underwent right hip surgery to repair a soft tissue injury in Sept. 2000.
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Has presented at the Grammies (1998) and was invited again in 1999, but was unable to go due to scheduling conflicts.
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Was voted Choice Female Athlete at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards.
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Won the 1999 and 2000 Kids Choice Award (Nickelodeon) for best athlete, but was there to accept the award in 1999 only.
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Her favorite store is "Bebe". They made her dress for the 1999 Daytime Emmys, where she presented the award for Best Game Show.
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First women to ever land the triple loop/triple loop combination in competition.
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Her car licence plate reads: "98GOLD".
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Is best friends with 1999 US National Bronze Medalist, Angela Nikodinov, and 2000 US Ice Dance Silver Medalist, Jamie Silverstein.
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Has toured with "Stars on Ice" since 1998.
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Graduated from River Oaks Academy, a Houston, TX high school, on 18 May 2000.
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Her parents are Polish.
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She keeps all of her old skating costumes
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Was born at 11:18 am.
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Youngest World Champion ever in women's figure skating.
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Her parents hired a man to travel to the '98 Olympics with Tara, just so he could sharpen her blades on her skates whenever she needed them sharpening.
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