Tonya Harding

Tonya Harding is an American former figure skater born in Portland, Oregon, in 1970. She won the United States national title in 1991 and was World silver medalist that year, and in 1991 she became the first American woman, and the second woman in history after Midori Ito, to land a triple Axel in international competition. She competed at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. In January 1994 her ex-husband orchestrated an attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan; Harding pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution, was banned for life by the United States Figure Skating Association and lost her 1994 national title. She later boxed professionally in 2003 and 2004, and her life has been the subject of films, documentaries and books.