Tara Kristen Lipinski is an American former competitive figure skater and sports broadcaster, born in 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the gold medal in ladies' singles at the 1998 Winter Olympics at age 15, becoming the youngest Olympic champion in the sport's history. She also won the 1997 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1997 U.S. National Championships, both as the youngest champion ever at age 14, was a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, and became the first woman to land a triple loop-triple loop combination in competition. She was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2013 as its youngest inductee, and since 2014 has worked as a figure skating commentator for NBC.
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Career Highlight1998 Olympic champion in ladies' singles figure skating 1 Classification
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Whose record did Tara Lipinski break when she won the 1997 World Championships?
She broke the age record set by Sonja Henie in 1927.
Lipinski became the youngest female skater to win the World Championships in 1997. She was a month younger than the previous record holder, Sonja Henie of Norway, was when Henie won the first of her ten World titles in 1927.
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A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1997 U.S. national champion and world champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997-1998), and the 1998 Olympic champion.
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Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater. A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1997 U.S. national champion and world champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997-1998), and the 1998 Olympic champion. She is the youngest single skater Olympic champion and World champion ever, and until 2019 was the youngest to win the U.S. Nationals. She was the first woman to complete a triple loop-triple loop combination, which became her signature jump element, in competition. Lipinski retired from competitive figure skating in 1998. She performed in live shows before retiring from figure skating in 2002. In 2014, Lipinski became one of NBC's primary figure skating commentators, alongside sports commentator Terry Gannon and fellow figure skater and good friend Johnny Weir.
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Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater.
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Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater.
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Goodykoontz pointed out that Lipinski and Weir were uncharacteristically quiet during the short program of Russia's Kamila Valieva, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, who was allowed to compete despite failing a drug test prior to the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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