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4. Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink (San Ramon). Channel your inner Kristi Yamaguchi at this outdoor rink that’s worth the drive to the far East Bay. Named for the Olympic Gold Medal winner, it ...
Yamaguchi was born with bi-lateral clubfoot, resulting in serial leg casting for most of the first year of her life followed by corrective shoes and bracing, [12] [13] [5] and began skating as physical therapy when she was 4 or 5 after seeing Peggy Fleming and Dorothy Hamill in the Ice Follies and Ice Capades.
Tennell's first rink was in Crystal Lake, Illinois, not far from her home in Carpentersville, Illinois. [2] Tennell and her brothers were home-schooled and took online courses. [5] When Tennell was seven years old, she drew a picture of herself atop an Olympic podium, flanked by her role models Michelle Kwan and Kristi Yamaguchi. [3]
Galindo coaches at Solar4America Ice (formerly Sharks Ice at San Jose), the same rink where he trained during his competitive career. [14] [15] Among his students is Kristi Yamaguchi's daughter, Emma Hedican. [15] Galindo was inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. [14] He was elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in ...
Kristi Yamaguchi was the first Asian American Pacific Islander to earn a gold in any sport at the Olympics 32 years ago. Her latest honor: Being a Barbie doll.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / MAY 7 Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic gold medalist and founder of Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream, makes an appearance at Waimanalo ... Ex-Olympic skater’s program boosts ...
Figure skating gold medalists Katarina Witt and Kristi Yamaguchi skated routines on the ice during the performance, and joined the band on the platform for the end of the song. Next up was Earth, Wind and Fire performing a medley of their hits " September " and " Shining Star ", followed by Gloria Estefan singing a medley of " Get On Your Feet ...
Yamaguchi, who became the first Asian American to win an individual figure skating gold medal, at the 1992 Winter Olympics, has been immortalized as a doll for Barbie's “Inspiring Women Series,” Mattel announced Wednesday. The release is timed for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, in May.