Where Are They Now?
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Quick Reference
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| Tenley Albright |
'56 Olympic Gold, '52 Olympic Silver |
Tenley is a practicing surgeon in Boston |
| Lisa Allen |
Three-time US Silver medalist & Co-Founder/Artistic Director of City of Angels Ice Theatre |
Lisa Marie is married to Peter Hendricks and has a daughter. She coaches part-time in Los Angeles. |
| Donna Atwood |
Former Ice Capades star & US competitor |
Donna is retired now and lives in Southern California. Her husband is Ice Capades owner John Harris. |
| Holly Bragg |
The young skated featured in the book, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes/ |
Holly Bragg competed for several years, making it to sectionals, before she disappeared from the skating scene. |
| Jeri Campbell |
90s US competitor |
After Jeri retired from eligible competition, she toured as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz on ice. Jeri now works as a coach and choreographer in Delaware. |
| Kitty Carruthers |
'84 Olympic Pairs Silver medalist |
Kitty resides in Texas with her husband and four children. She also enjoys a coaching career. |
| Joanne Carter |
‘94-‘98 Australian champ |
Joanne disappeared from the skating scene for a couple of years to recover from a knee injury. She is currently back competing on the international scene. |
| Tiffany Chin |
'85 US Champion, ‘85-‘86 World Bronze |
Tiffany lives in Southern California with her husband, Steve and their child. She works as a figure skating coach. |
| Michelle Cho |
'93 US Jr. Champion |
Michelle retired from the sport shortly before the 1995 US Nationals, a competition she had qualified for on the senior level. |
| Holly Cook-Tanner |
'90 US & World Bronze |
Holly is married with one child. She lives in Utah where she also works as a coach. |
| Dianne DeLeeuw |
‘76 Olympic silver, ‘'75 world champ |
Dianne coaches at Westminster Ice Arena in Westminster, California. |
| Isabelle Duschenay |
'91 World Champion, '92 Olympic Silver |
Isabelle now coaches in the Florida area. |
| Lisa Ervin |
'93 US silver |
A college graduate, Lisa is currently coaching on the East Coast. |
| Mabel Fairbanks |
Show skater & coach. Mabel taught Leslie Robinson, Atoy Wilson, & Tai & Randy. |
Mabel passed away in September of 2001. Prior to her death, she lived in Burbank, California, where she taught skating. |
| Linda Fratianne |
80 Olympic Silver, ‘77 & ‘79 World Champion |
Linda coaches in Sun Valley. Idaho. |
| Yvonne Gomez |
‘80s skater (Spain) |
Yvonne works as television director for various skating productions. |
| Gia Guddat |
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Gia coaches in Sun Valley, Idaho |
| Dorothy Hamill |
'76 Olympic and World Champion |
Dorothy still tours and competes in the U.S. She is a spokeswoman for several companies and lives in Baltimore with her daughter, Alexandra. |
| Tonya Harding |
91 US Champion & World Silver |
Tonya is pursuing a boxing career. |
| Katherine Healy |
Professional skater who was previously featured in the book, A Very Young Skater |
Katherine works as a coach and choreographer in New York. She still skates professionally and has been appeared in productions by the Ice Theatre of New York. |
| Carol Heiss-Jenkins |
'60 Olympic Gold, Five-time World Champion |
Carol now coaches in Ohio. |
| Priscilla Hill |
'78 US Silver |
Priscilla works as a coach in Delaware. |
| Midori Ito |
89 World Champion, ‘92 Olympic Silver |
Midori still skates professionally and works as a TV commentator in Japan. |
| Donald Jackson |
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Jackson is the skating director at the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa, Ontario. |
| Lynn Johnson |
70s US Novice competitor, Portrayed the lead role in Ice Castles. |
A full-time mother, Holly now lives in Southern California. |
| Natasha Kuchiki |
'91 US Pairs Champion, ‘91 World Bronze |
Following her retirement from eligible skating, Natasha toured as Rizzo in Grease on Ice. |
| Karen Kwan |
90s US competitor |
Following her retirement from eligible competition, Karen attended Boston University. She now coaches in Southern California. |
| Lily Lee |
An American skater who competed for Korea in the early '90s |
Lily now coaches in Colorado. |
| Claudia Leistner |
89 world silver & European gold |
Coaches in Germany |
| Sandy Lenz |
80 Olympian |
Coaches in South Carolina at Ice Palace in Charleston. Married with one child |
| Janet Lynn |
72 Olympic bronze, ‘73 world silver |
Retired, married with five kids |
| Shelby Lyons |
98 US silver in pairs, ‘96 US jr. champ |
Returned to singles skating |
| Karen Magnussen |
73 World Champion, '72 Olympic Silver |
Coaches in Vancouver, BC |
| Olga Markova |
95 worlds-5th, ‘94 Russian champ |
Competes as a pro in Europe, coaches in Moscow |
| Jenni Meno |
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Jenni works as a coach in California. |
| Natalia Mishkutenok |
92 Olympic Gold-pairs, '94 Olympic Silver-pairs |
Coaches in the US (Hurst, Texas) |
| Joanna Ng |
91 US Olympic Festival bronze |
Toured as title role in Pocahontas on Ice in mid '90s |
| Aren Nielsen |
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Arin is the skating director at the Atlanta IceForum in Duluth, GA |
| Jenna Pittman |
93 US Jr silver and Olympic Festival silver |
Now attending college |
| Annett Poetsch |
80 Olympic Gold Singles, |
Married to Axel Rauschenbach (former partner of Mandy Woetzel), one daughter, lives in Chemnitz, works as clerk at a bank |
| Susanna Rahkamo |
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Susanna is president of the Finnish Figure Skating Association. |
| Sandra Jean Rucker |
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Sandra turned professional and signed on to tour as On June 27, 2007, Disney announced that Rucker would play the role of Sharpay Evans in Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour. |
| Lucinda Ruh |
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Lucinda now skates professionally, works as an actress and designs ice rinks. |
| Beatrix Schuba |
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Trixie currently serves as president of the Austrian Figure Skating Association. |
| Barbara Scott |
48 Olympic champion |
Lives with husband in Chicago, Illinois |
| Caroline Song |
1992 US Junior Champion |
Retired, lives in Chula Vista, CA, college student |
| Stephanie Stiegler |
97 US bronze in pairs |
Seeking a new pairs partner |
| Jenni Tew |
profiled in Inside Edge |
Retired from the sport in the early 2000s |
| Debi Thomas |
86 world champ, ‘88 Olympic bronze |
Medical school graduate, wife & mother |
| Jill Trenary |
1990 World Champion |
Coaching, married to Chris Dean; two children |
| Sydne Vogel |
95 US Jr. Champ, ‘97 World Jr. Champ |
Competing on the senior level |
| Tisha Walker |
91 US Nationals-5th place |
Coaches in California (Simi Valley) |
| Sharon Wissel |
90s US Singles Competitor |
Coaches in Massachusetts, skates professionally |
| Charlene Wong |
80s Canadian competitor |
Coaches Mirai Nagasu and others in Southern California |
| Elaine Zayak |
82 world champ |
Married & coaching in New Jersey |
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