Tara Lipinski

Tara Lipinski
Lipinski at the 2014 Sochi Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Tara Kristen Lipinski
Country represented	United States
Born	(1982-06-10) June 10, 1982 (age 34) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Former coach	Richard Callaghan Jeff DiGregorio Megan Faulkner
Former choreographer	Sandra Bezic
Former training locations	Detroit Newark, Delaware
Retired	1998 amateur, 2002 pro
Medal record Figure skating: Ladies' singles Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Ladies' singles World Championships 1997 Lausanne Ladies' singles Grand Prix Final 1996–1997 Hamilton Ladies' singles 1997–1998 Munich Ladies' singles

Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American figure skater, actress, and sports commentator. A former competitor in ladies' singles, she is the 1998 Olympic champion, the 1997 World champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997–1998), and the 1997 U.S. national champion. She is the youngest person—by 32 days—ever to win a World Figure Skating title, doing so at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days, and the youngest Olympic gold medalist in the individual ladies' singles event, having won in Nagano, Japan, on February 20, 1998, at the age of 15 years, 8 months, and 10 days.

Lipinski was born on June 10, 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Patricia (née Brozyniak), a secretary, and Jack Lipinski, an oil executive and lawyer. She spent her earliest years in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The family lived in the Sewell section of Mantua Township, New Jersey until 1991.

Lipinski began ice skating in 1988, learning technique initially from roller skating coaches in the Philadelphia area. Her first major competition was the 1990 Eastern Regional Championships for roller skating where she finished second. At the 1991 United States Roller Skating Championships, she won the primary girls freestyle as a nine-year-old.

In 1991, her father's job required the family to move to Sugar Land, Texas. However, training facilities were not available there. In 1993, Lipinski and her mother moved back to Delaware, where she had trained before. She later moved to Detroit, Michigan, to train with Richard Callaghan.