ice skaters

A biography of the nineteen-year-old American who overcame her stage fright to win the world championship in figure skating in the 1976 Olympics.

Discusses the personal life and skating career of the young woman who won a gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Presents a career biography of American figure skater Michelle Kwan, tracing her record of success from childhood through the 2003-2004 skating season.

Describes the careers and accomplishments of competitive figure skaters in the early twenty-first century, including world champion Yu-Na Kim and American skaters Alissa Czisny and Evan Lysacek, and also covers Japanese skaters, pairs, and ice dancers.

Full-color photographs and text help chronicle the careers of Canadian ice skating champions Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, focusing on the scandal surrounding the judging of their performance at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Chronicles the 2002 battle for Olympic gold in the ice skating competition, describing how one judge's marks determined the winner, and how her confession led to a duplicate gold medal.

A biography of skating star Ekaterina Gordeeva who, with her husband Sergei Grinkov, won two Olympic gold medals, and who, since his untimely death in 1995, skates alone.

Presents profiles of amateur and professional figure skating stars, with competitions records, line drawings of the jumps, tips from the stars, and a history of the sport.

Figure skater Michelle Kwan shares photographs and special memories from throughout her career.