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.