Brian Boitano
Long before Brian Boitano was commemorated in South Parks by Trey Parker and Matt Stone: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Brian Orser played in the Winter Games in 1988. The two personal skaters won the World Championships, and Boitano came first. Boitano said that South Park changed his life when children who were utterly unaware of figure skating now saw him as a hero. Parker and Stone were delighted with him, and Boitano benefited from this. In addition to skating, now he’s a motivating speaker and chef who appeared on the TV show What Brian Boitano Would Do?
Brian Boitano
Oksana Baiul
Only a few years after an independent Ukraine joined the international sporting community, Oksana Baiul was the first Ukrainian to win gold at the Olympics. She is still the only Ukrainian skater to win gold at the Olympics. She took skating because she was told that she was not suitable for ballet. After returning home from the Games, she moved to America and started her professional ice skating career, including Broadway on Ice. She also began her lines of fashion and jewelry.
Oksana Baiul