Brian Boitano
Brian Boitano, the only American man to win a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics, forged a reputation as one of history’s most athletic figure skaters. At the age of eight, he took his first lessons in his hometown of Sunnyvale. He won numerous national championships before his triumph at the Calgary Games, where […]
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi is one of the most electrifying figure skaters in the modern era. As a junior she competed in both pairs and singles, winning both events (the doubles with Rudi Galindo) at the World Junior Championships in 1988. Concentrating on the singles after that, she won World Championships in 1991 and ’92 and Olympic […]
Peggy Fleming Jenkins
Born in San Jose, Peggy Fleming won the first of five U.S. Figure Skating titles in 1964, at age 15. In 1968, at age18, she won the U.S. title at the Berkeley Ice Rink. Winner of three Figure Skating World Championships— in 1966, ’67, and ’68—she was the only U.S. gold medal winner in the […]