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| Tara Lipinski |
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"The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee. The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee."
-Tara Lipinski
| Date of Birth: June 10, 1982 |
| Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Tara Lipinski shocked the figure skating world and became the darling of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics when she won gold on a magical February night in Japan. So diminutive in size, the hometown girl from Sugarland, Texas became the adorable girl next door, with her constant smile and outgoing personality. From her emergence onto the skating scene in 1994, to her departure from the amateur ranks in 1998, Lipinski is always a champion. |
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| When you're 15 years old and you come from rural Texas, the last place you'd imagine being is on ice. On figure skates. In Japan. At the Olympics. On the podium. At the top. Winning gold. But with two masterful performances in the short and long programs, Lipinski became the youngest Winter Olympic individual gold medalist ever. By the end of 1998, after deciding to end her amateur career, Lipinski became a regular on the Stars On Ice tour, wrote her autobiography, and appeared on a number of hit television shows. |
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Tara Kristen Lipinski was born on June 10, 1982, an only child to Jack and Patricia Lipinski in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By the time she was three, she found herself in roller skates and before long, the tiny toddler was soaring through the neighborhood of her new home in Sewell, New Jersey. Two years later, she won a roller-skating regional championship in New Jersey at the age of five.
At age six, Lipinski first discovered the ice, and the smoothness of the surface came naturally to her. But it wasn't easy in the beginning. That first day, Lipinski took the ice and while her parents went to buy hot chocolate, they returned to see their daughter having some difficulty. To this day, a photograph of her first day on the ice hangs on the wall of her room.
The Lipinski family hired a coach -- Scott Gregory -- who worked with young Tara four times a week, while her mother patiently drove her back and forth to Delaware to practice skating. The other three days were spent roller-skating and she won her first national title by the time she was nine.
Her father's oil executive job took the family to Sugarland, Texas when Lipinski was 10 years old. While the youngster was not happy with the move, her budding skating career continued to thrive despite being in Texas, where ice is only perceived as an accompaniment to drinks. But Lipinski was determined to be a skater, passing up on other diversions her parents offered her like playing the piano or violin. |
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