Nancy Kerrigan
Active - 2000 - 2008 |
Born - Oct 13, 1969 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States |
Genres - Sports & Recreation, Comedy, Music
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- Won the bronze medal in women's singles at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
- Despite a vicious attack orchestrated by rival Tonya Harding just weeks before the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Kerrigan managed to score a silver medal in women's singles.
- Was the subject of a musical entitled Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera, which details the events of the 1994 scandal between the athletes.
- Performed in a 2016 ABC figure-skating special alongside her three children.
- Because of her mother's visual impairment, she founded the Nancy Kerrigan Foundation to support visually impaired persons.
- Produced a documentary called Why Don't You Lose Five Pounds? to raise awareness about the prevalence of eating disorders among athletes.