Background | Competitive Career Highlights
Date of birth: July 12, 1971
Place of birth: Hayward, CA
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area
Spouse: Bret Hedican, wed July 8, 2000
Children: Keara, born Oct. 1, 2003, and Emma, born Nov. 17, 2005
Olympic Champion • Two-time World Champion • US Champion
Dancing with the Stars Champion
Competitive Career Highlights
Professional
2001 | World Professional Figure Skaing Championships | 2nd |
1995 | Gold Championships | 1st |
1994 | World Professional Figure Skating Championships | 1st |
1994 | Gold Championships | 1st |
1993 | World Professional Figure Skating Championships | 2nd |
1993 | World Challenge of Champions | 1st |
1992 | World Professional Figure Skating Championships | 1st |
1992 | World Challenge of Champions | 1st |
Amateur
1992 | WORLD CHAMPION |
1992 | OLYMPIC CHAMPION |
1992 | United States Champion |
1991 | WORLD CHAMPION |
1991 | United States Silver Medalist |
1990 | Nations Cup Champion |
1990 | Goodwill Games Champion |
1990 | World Championships - 4th |
1990 | United States Pair Champion |
1990 | United States Silver Medalist |
1989 | Olympic Festival Champion |
1989 | United States Pair Champion |
Awards
2008 | Asian Excellence Award |
2008 | Thurman Munson Award |
2006 | Induction into the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame |
2005 | U.S. Olympic Committee Olympic Hall of Fame |
2004 | Women's Sports Foundation Flo Hyman Award |
2004 | Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame |
2004 | Great Sports Legends Awards |
1999 | Induction into the World Skating Hall of Fame |
1999 | Induction into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame |
1992 | Sullivan Award finalist |
1992 | Outstanding Citizen Japanese American Citizens League Award |
1991 | Athlete of the Week from ABC Network |
1990 | Sullivan Award Finalist |
1990 | Outstanding Asian American from National Chinese Women's Business Organization and the Pan Asian Chamber of Commerce |
Skating Tours
1992-2002 | Stars on Ice |