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Tara Lipinski
Age: 27 Height: 5' 1"
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Born: Jun. 10th, 1982
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BIOGRAPHY: Only child of Jack and Patricia Lipinski. Her father is an oil executive, and her mom is a homemaker. Tara began roller skating at age 3, and won several championships. She turned to ice skating when she was 6, and she and her mom moved to Detroit so Tara could seriously train for international competitions. Her dad remained in Texas, and frequently visited Michigan. She became the youngest person to win a gold medal at the U. S. Olympic Festival, when she was 12. In 1997 she became the youngest person ever to win the U. S. national championship and the youngest ever to win the World Championships. In 1998 she won the Olympic gold medal, and then turned professional. Today, she skates in professional competitions and Stars on Ice. She has said that she would like to continue to act.
Head-lined her own tour called Tara Lipinski's Miracle Match Tour to raise money for leukemia. Hosted a five city fashion show for Limited Too called Passion for Fashion. Made guest apperance on Wheel of Fortune dressed as a genie and donated her winnings to the Boys and Girls Club of America.
TRIVIA:
- Is scared of flying
- Is building a house on Kiawah Island, by Charleston, SC
- Is best friends with 1999 US National Bronze Medalist, 'Angela Nikodinov' and 2000 US Ice Dance Silver Medalist 'Jamie Silverstein (II)' (qv).
- Her car licence plate reads: "98GOLD".
- 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.
- Youngest World Champion ever in women's figure skating.
- Underwent right hip surgery to repair a soft tissue injury in Sept. 2000.
- First women to ever land the triple loop/triple loop combination in competition.
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