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Michelle Kwan, 41
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In 2006, she worked her way through injuries to be named to the team once again, but withdrew after suffering another injury after arriving in Turin, Italy.
In 2013, Kwan wed former White House security strategist Clay Pell, though the two divorced in 2017. But she had happy news to share at the start of the new year:the arrival of her first child, a girl named Kalista.
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Sasha Cohen, 37
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Olympic moments:Skated in two Olympics, finishing fourth in 2002 and earning silver in 2006.
Today:After 10 years of pro touring, Cohen completed her political science degree at Columbia University and took a job in N.Y.C. with Morgan Stanley. She also dipped her toes (er, skates) into the acting world with bit parts on shows includingCSI: NY.
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Sarah Hughes, 36
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Olympic moment:As a member of the 2002 U.S. Olympic team, she vaulted from fourth in the short program to winning gold thanks to a joyous free skate.
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Tara Lipinski, 39
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In 2017,she wed sports producerTodd Kapostasy.
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Nancy Kerrigan, 52
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She tragically lost her father in 2010, and runs a foundation that raises funds for the visually impaired in honor of her mother, who is legally blind.
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Tonya Harding, 51
Olympic moments:A two-time Olympian, finishing fourth in 1992 and eighth in 1994, Harding was banned from the sport after pleading guilty to learning details of Kerrigan’s attack afterward and not reporting it.
Today:Long divorced from the husband at the center of the 1994 controversy, Harding remarried in 2010 for a third time, and has a son. “She seems to love being a mom,” said filmmaker Nanette Burstein, who spent time with Harding for the ESPN documentaryThe Price of Gold. “But I think it’s always hard for her. She’s always going to be known as the woman who was somehow involved in the whack heard ‘round the world.”
Said Harding in the film: “Just having my life with my husband and my son, that’s what I need, and want, and have.” She has resurfaced in the spotlight from time to time, though, pursuing a short-lived boxing career following her skating controversies, joining the 2018 season ofDancing with the Starsand 2019’sWorst Cooks in America,and enjoying a moment surrounding the Oscar-winning 2017 filmI, Tonya,based on her life.
07of 16Kristi Yamaguchi, 50Eric Fefererg/AFP/Getty; Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImageOlympic moment:One of America’s sweethearts, she won gold in 1992, after two world and one U.S. championship.Today:Wed to retired NHL hockey player Bret Hedican, Yamaguchi isn’t a pushy rink mom. But when daughter Emma wanted to skate, Mom did enlist her former pairs partner Rudy Galindo, the 1996 U.S. men’s champion, as a teacher. “I don’t see it as her passion,” Yamaguchi, whose other daughter, Keara, prefers soccer and softball, once told PEOPLE. “At 8 it was already my thing; it was all I wanted to do. I see it as a different experience for her, but I’m fine with it.“Yamaguchi’s own passion now: advocating child literacy through herAlways Dream Foundation,and via the books she’s written through the years. She also appeared onDancing with the Stars,winning season 6, and hosted WEtv’sSkating’s Next Star.
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Kristi Yamaguchi, 50
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Olympic moment:One of America’s sweethearts, she won gold in 1992, after two world and one U.S. championship.
Today:Wed to retired NHL hockey player Bret Hedican, Yamaguchi isn’t a pushy rink mom. But when daughter Emma wanted to skate, Mom did enlist her former pairs partner Rudy Galindo, the 1996 U.S. men’s champion, as a teacher. “I don’t see it as her passion,” Yamaguchi, whose other daughter, Keara, prefers soccer and softball, once told PEOPLE. “At 8 it was already my thing; it was all I wanted to do. I see it as a different experience for her, but I’m fine with it.”
Yamaguchi’s own passion now: advocating child literacy through herAlways Dream Foundation,and via the books she’s written through the years. She also appeared onDancing with the Stars,winning season 6, and hosted WEtv’sSkating’s Next Star.
08of 16Debi Thomas, 54Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage; Daniel Zuchnik/WireImageOlympic moment:The “Battle of theCarmens” ended with Thomas taking bronze in 1988 behind East Germany’s gold-winning Katarina Witt, after both skated to music from Bizet’s opera. The win made Thomas the first Black athlete ever to earn a medal at the Winter Olympics.Today:“Everyone said it was impossible to go to college and win a world championship. I was just too stupid to think it was, so I did,” Thomas said years later, after graduating from Northwestern and becoming an orthopedic surgeon. A 2016Washington Poststory painted a different picture, though: Thomas had stopped practicing medicine and was living in a trailer with her then-fiancé and two of her three sons, diagnosed with bipolar disorder (a diagnosis she contested).
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Debi Thomas, 54
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Olympic moment:The “Battle of theCarmens” ended with Thomas taking bronze in 1988 behind East Germany’s gold-winning Katarina Witt, after both skated to music from Bizet’s opera. The win made Thomas the first Black athlete ever to earn a medal at the Winter Olympics.
Today:“Everyone said it was impossible to go to college and win a world championship. I was just too stupid to think it was, so I did,” Thomas said years later, after graduating from Northwestern and becoming an orthopedic surgeon. A 2016Washington Poststory painted a different picture, though: Thomas had stopped practicing medicine and was living in a trailer with her then-fiancé and two of her three sons, diagnosed with bipolar disorder (a diagnosis she contested).
09of 16Rosalynn Sumners, 57Steve Powell/Getty; Frederick M. Brown/GettyOlympic moment:She won silver in 1984, after three national and one world championship.Today:“I don’t skate, I don’t teach, I don’t commentate. I don’t really have anything to do with skating anymore, which is kind of nice,” said Sumners, who married in 2004 and now works in interior design after stints in home building and running retail shops. As an original Stars on Ice cast member, she told PEOPLE, “I don’t miss the athletic part. But I miss the performing.”
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Rosalynn Sumners, 57
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Olympic moment:She won silver in 1984, after three national and one world championship.
Today:“I don’t skate, I don’t teach, I don’t commentate. I don’t really have anything to do with skating anymore, which is kind of nice,” said Sumners, who married in 2004 and now works in interior design after stints in home building and running retail shops. As an original Stars on Ice cast member, she told PEOPLE, “I don’t miss the athletic part. But I miss the performing.”
10of 16Brian Boitano, 58American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images; Kelly Sullivan/Getty ImagesOlympic moments:The 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary turned into the Battle of the Brians – Boitano versus Orser, two exceptional figure skaters competing for the gold medal. In the end, Boitano’s triple jumps and axels edged out Orser’s, and he landed in first.Today:Though the champ still performs in exhibitions and teaches skating to disadvantaged youth, he is also focused on another creative pursuit – cooking! He grilled, sautédandbaked on his Food Network series,What Would Brian Boitano Make?, and even wrote a cookbook of the same name (a take on aSouth Parksong about him). In 2013, he came out as gay.“I have always been a private person,“he said onToday.“I’ve kept my private side of my life special for family and friends who really knew me. I’ve never been ashamed of who I was.”
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Brian Boitano, 58
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Olympic moments:The 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary turned into the Battle of the Brians – Boitano versus Orser, two exceptional figure skaters competing for the gold medal. In the end, Boitano’s triple jumps and axels edged out Orser’s, and he landed in first.
Today:Though the champ still performs in exhibitions and teaches skating to disadvantaged youth, he is also focused on another creative pursuit – cooking! He grilled, sautédandbaked on his Food Network series,What Would Brian Boitano Make?, and even wrote a cookbook of the same name (a take on aSouth Parksong about him). In 2013, he came out as gay.
“I have always been a private person,“he said onToday.“I’ve kept my private side of my life special for family and friends who really knew me. I’ve never been ashamed of who I was.”
11of 16Meryl Davis, 35 & Charlie White, 34Matthew Stockman/Getty Images; Andrew H Walker/ShutterstockOlympic moments:The striking pair won silver in ice dancing in 2010 and gold in 2014. They also won bronze with their team in 2014.Today:Family friends who were paired at a young age, the partners had lots of fans shipping them throughout their careers. But he wed ice dancer Tanith Belbin in 2015, while she tied the knot with former figure skater Fedor Andreev in 2019. The two went head-to-head on season 18 ofDancing with the Stars,with Davis ultimately taking home the trophy. While they sometimes still perform together, they left competitive skating in 2017.
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Meryl Davis, 35 & Charlie White, 34
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Olympic moments:The striking pair won silver in ice dancing in 2010 and gold in 2014. They also won bronze with their team in 2014.
Today:Family friends who were paired at a young age, the partners had lots of fans shipping them throughout their careers. But he wed ice dancer Tanith Belbin in 2015, while she tied the knot with former figure skater Fedor Andreev in 2019. The two went head-to-head on season 18 ofDancing with the Stars,with Davis ultimately taking home the trophy. While they sometimes still perform together, they left competitive skating in 2017.
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Timothy Goebel, 41
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Today:He graduated from Columbia University and pursued a career in data science, retiring from skating in 2006. He wed partner Thomas Luciano in 2017.
“I’m still coaching a little bit, still trying to stay involved in skating,“he told NBC in 2014. “I definitely want to give back to the sport however I can. It did so much to enrich my life. I’m trying to pass that along to the next generation.”
13of 16Johnny Weir, 37Matthew Stockman/Getty Images; Kelsey McNeal via Getty ImagesOlympic moments:He competed but did not medal in the 2006 and 2010 games, and now works as a figure skating analyst for NBC at the Olympics and beyond.Today:Like many before him, Weir went on to find some success in the pop culture sphere with a 2019 stint onThe Masked Singerand a 2020 run onDancing with the Stars.These days, he joins friend Tara Lipinski on NBC specials and draws fans with his elaborate fashion choices.He wed partner Victor Voronov in 2011, thoughfiled for divorcein 2014.
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Johnny Weir, 37
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Olympic moments:He competed but did not medal in the 2006 and 2010 games, and now works as a figure skating analyst for NBC at the Olympics and beyond.
Today:Like many before him, Weir went on to find some success in the pop culture sphere with a 2019 stint onThe Masked Singerand a 2020 run onDancing with the Stars.These days, he joins friend Tara Lipinski on NBC specials and draws fans with his elaborate fashion choices.
He wed partner Victor Voronov in 2011, thoughfiled for divorcein 2014.
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Gracie Gold, 26
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Today:Gold hit some bumps in the road following her rise to fame, entering treatment for her mental health in 2017 and ultimately missing the 2018 Olympics.
“I don’t think people realized how bad it was,” shetold PEOPLEin 2019 of her battle with depression, anxiety and an eating disorder. She added, “If I could help anyone, even one person in any way, then it’s all worth it, right?”
She made a triumphant return to the ice in early 2022, giving a near-perfect performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships (though she won’t be competing at the Beijing games).
“I was just overwhelmed that I really did everything that you could want,“she told theWashingtonPostafter her routine.Gold added, “I built a whole career of bombing shorts at nationals and not from a lack of training.”
“To nail almost everything,” she told thePost. “Not perfect-perfect, but what can you want?”
15of 16Evan Lysacek, 36Donald Kravitz/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesOlympic moment:The 2010 gold medal winner was everywhere after his win, named the the 2010 United States Olympic Committee’s SportsMan of the Year and earning endorsement details and a place within the fashion world.Today:Married to Thai real estate developer Dang Bodiratnangkurasince 2019, Lysacek continued skating through the 2010s and was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2016. He also competed onDancing with the Stars,coming in second immediately after the Olympics in 2010.
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Evan Lysacek, 36
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Olympic moment:The 2010 gold medal winner was everywhere after his win, named the the 2010 United States Olympic Committee’s SportsMan of the Year and earning endorsement details and a place within the fashion world.
Today:Married to Thai real estate developer Dang Bodiratnangkurasince 2019, Lysacek continued skating through the 2010s and was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2016. He also competed onDancing with the Stars,coming in second immediately after the Olympics in 2010.
16of 16Tanith Belbin & Benjamin AgostoYouri Kochetkov/EPA/Shutterstock; Mike Coppola/FilmMagicOlympic moment:The pair took silver in 2006, becoming the first American ice dancers to medal in 30 years.Today:They continued to skate together for years afterward, though retired from competition in 2010. Each has gone on to new careers that include choreography; she has also done work as a commentator. In 2015, shemarried fellow ice dancer Charlie White, with whom she has one child.
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Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto
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Olympic moment:The pair took silver in 2006, becoming the first American ice dancers to medal in 30 years.
Today:They continued to skate together for years afterward, though retired from competition in 2010. Each has gone on to new careers that include choreography; she has also done work as a commentator. In 2015, shemarried fellow ice dancer Charlie White, with whom she has one child.
source: people.com
