Tara Lipinski
Tara Lipinski was just 14 years old when she became the 1997 World Figure Skating Champion. She is the youngest person ever to be a U.S., World Olympic, and World Professional Champion. The following year, the American skating sensation converted this success to Olympic gold in the 1998 Nagano Olympics, she went on to tour. She became professional that same year that meant she could no longer compete in competitions. CBS Television paves the way to give her a break by having a primetime special, “Tara Lipinski: From This Moment On,” and led to subsequent cameo TV appearances and acting roles on different primetime series and a TV movie. These also allowed her to appear as a guest on top of several national TV talk shows, like Oprah, Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and many more. Tara married Todd Kapostasy, a sports producer, in July 2017 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2002, Lapinski became a sports commentator. Today, we can regularly see Lapinski as a TV Analyst for the World Figure Skating Championships, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, and The U.S. Figure Skating National Championships.
Tara Lipinski
Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton wowed the world with her all-around performance at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which was another gold for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team. It was the first time that an American woman won the all-around during her time, and it has certainly not been the last. A couple of years later, she retired and became a motivational speaker and a television commentator. She wrote an inspiring book in 2000, where she shares her formula for happiness. Retton has been living a rewarding life as a wife, mother, sports commentator, and motivational speaker in Houston, Texas. Retton is also a spokesperson for a national educational program sponsored by Pfizer that aims to raise awareness of overactive bladder (OAB). Most notably, she was also a competitor on Dancing with the Stars in 2018, but she eliminated early on.
Mary Lou Retton