Kristi Yamaguchi is an American figure skater born in 1971 who won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics, becoming the first Asian American to win a Winter Olympic gold medal. She was World Champion in figure skating in 1991 and 1992, and earlier, skating pairs with Rudy Galindo, won the 1988 World Junior title and was national pairs champion in 1989 and 1990. As a professional she won the World Professional Figure Skating Championships four times, in 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1997, was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005, and won season six of Dancing with the Stars in 2008.
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Career Highlight1992 Olympic champion in women's figure skating and a two-time World champion (1991 and 1992); in 1992 became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic competition. 1 Classification
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Did Kristi Yamaguchi skate in pairs as well as singles?
Yes. She skated pairs with Rudy Galindo until 1990 and then focused on singles.
Yes. Kristi Yamaguchi started out as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo, and together they won the US Junior title in 1986. She also skated singles, and in 1988 she won the World Junior Championship in ladies' singles while she and Galindo also won the World Junior Championship in pairs. In 1989 and 1990 the pair placed fifth at the World Championship. After 1990 she chose to concentrate on singles skating, and in 1992 she won her first US title in the Olympic year.
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Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist.
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Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist.
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Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist.
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Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist.
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Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1991 and 1992), and the 1992 U.S. champion. In 1992, she became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic competition.
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Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist.
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is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist.
Competed In: 1992 Winter Olympics, Lead or career section
In 1992, Yamaguchi won her first U.S. title and gained a spot to the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
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