Scott Hamilton
Many people can’t even make a backflip, but Scott Hamilton can do a skate! It runs counter to the rules of competitive skating, so he isn’t on this roster. Not only an acrobat, in the early 80s, but his footwork also wowed judges at international competitions. After years of dominating the competition, he won his gold at the 1984 Olympics. Since that time he has skated with Stars On Ice and the like, and he has been involved in charity and writing books.
Scott Hamilton
Sarah Hughes
Sarah Hughes began skating at the age of three, following her dad, a hockey college player, onto the icy creek. She is one of the youngest skating gold medalists to win before her 17th birthday. Hughes is also the only American woman to win Olympic Gold without first winning a world or a U.S. sports title. Her mother’s a survivor of breast cancer, and Hughes said, “I always said that if I can get mammography from a person, I’ve done something.”
Sarah Hughes