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Michelle Wingshan Kwan (born July 7, 1980) is a retired American 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 (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002), a five-time world champion (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003) and a nine-time U.S. champion (1996, 1998–2005).
Skaters who have trained at this rink include Michelle Kwan, Timothy Goebel, Evan Lysacek, Beatrisa Liang, Gracie Gold, and Mirai Nagasu. The facility can be accessed by the Metro C Line near the El Segundo Station and the Mariposa Station. The Toyota Sports Performance Center is home to the Los Angeles Jr. Kings Hockey Program.
Michelle Kwan sits in the kiss and cry area at the 2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.. The kiss and cry is the area in a figure skating rink where figure skaters wait for their marks to be announced after their performances during a figure skating competition. [1]
There aren’t skating rinks, let alone elite coaching, in every city. Few schools have programs. This becomes a family undertaking, pinching pennies and driving through snowstorms.
Michelle Kwan is more than one of the greatest skaters in history. She's also a skating history buff. Here are her five favorite Olympic performances.
Longtime figure skating coach Frank Carroll, who over the course of a 60-year career helped guide six Olympic medalists at 10 Winter Games, including Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek, died Sunday. U ...
[2] [3] He retired from Olympic-eligible skating in 1988 and went on to win the men's title at the 1990 World Professional Championships. He later worked as a figure skating coach. He is best known for coaching Michelle Kwan to the 2003 U.S. and world titles. Williams currently owns and operates Ice-America and Ice-Canada Rinks, Inc., providing ...
World Champion Michelle Kwan was the frontrunner but had a free skating where she fell twice and landed three clean triples. Lipinski won the title and became the youngest U.S. ladies' champion, ahead of Sonya Klopfer who won the title in 1951 at the age of 15. [3] [2] She also performed the first triple loop-triple loop combo ever in her free ...