Tara Lipinski - Wikipedia Tara Lipinski Tara Lipinski Lipinski at the 2014 Sochi Olympics Full name Tara Kristen Lipinski ( 1982 - 06 - 10 ) June 10, 1982 ( age 35 ) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Height 5 ft 1 in ( 155 cm ) in Former coach Richard Callaghan Jeff DiGregorio Megan Faulkner Former choreographer Sandra Bezic Former training locations Detroit, Michigan Newark, Delaware Retired 1998 amateur, 2002 pro Medal record Figure skating : Ladies ' singles Representing the United States Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Ladies ' singles World Championships 1997 Lausanne Ladies ' singles Grand Prix Final 1996 -- 1997 Hamilton Ladies ' singles 1997 -- 1998 Munich Ladies ' singles Tara Kristen Lipinski ( born June 10, 1982 ) is an American figure skater, actress, and sports commentator. A former competitor in ladies ' singles, she is the 1998 Olympic champion, the 1997 World champion, a two - time Champions Series Final champion ( 1997 -- 1998 ), and the 1997 U.S. national champion. She is the youngest ever to win a World Figure Skating title, having done so at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Competitive career 1.3 Professional career 1.4 Television and film career 2 Personal life 3 Figure skating 3.1 Programs 3.2 Results 3.2. 1 Eligible 3.2. 2 Professional 3.3 Skating technique 4 Film and television 4.1 Selected filmography 5 Achievements 5.1 Philanthropic work, endorsements, and publications 5.2 Awards and recognition 6 References 7 External links Biography Early life Lipinski was born on June 10, 1982, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Patricia ( née Brozyniak ), a secretary, and Jack Lipinski, an oil executive and lawyer. She spent her earliest years in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Lipinski began ice skating in 1988, learning technique initially from roller skating coaches in the Philadelphia area. Her first major competition was the 1990 Eastern Regional Championships for roller skating where she finished second. At the 1991 United States Roller Skating Championships, she won the primary girls freestyle as a nine - year - old. In 1991, her father 's job required the family to move to Sugar Land, Texas. However, training facilities were not available there. In 1993, Lipinski and her mother moved back to Delaware, where she had trained before. She later moved to Detroit, Michigan, to train with Richard Callaghan. Competitive career This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2018 ) Lipinski first came to national prominence when she won the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival competition, which at the time was a junior - level competition. She became the youngest ladies figure skating gold medalist as well as the youngest athlete in any discipline to win gold. Later that season she placed fourth at the 1995 World Junior Championships and second in the junior level, behind Sydne Vogel, at the 1995 U.S. Championships. Lipinski was coached by Jeff DiGregorio at the University of Delaware. By 1995, she was the subject of a great deal of media attention, coined `` Tara - Mania '' by the media. Tara Lipinski in 1998 After a fifth - place finish at the 1996 World Junior Championships, Lipinski changed coaches, joining Richard Callaghan in Detroit. Later that season, at the senior level, she placed third at the 1996 U.S. Championships and qualified to compete at the senior - level World Championships. Lipinski was second in her qualifying round to Midori Ito, but fell twice in the short program, barely making the cutoff for the long program. Lipinski rallied to land seven triple jumps, including a triple salchow / triple loop combination, finishing 11th in the long program and 15th overall. Later that year, the International Skating Union voted to raise the minimum age for participating at the World Championships to 15. Lipinski, who was 13 at the time, was grandfathered in and remained eligible for future events, along with other skaters who had already competed at the World Championships before the new age requirement was introduced. In late 1996, at the U.S. Postal Challenge, Lipinski became the first female skater to land a triple loop / triple loop jump combination, which became her signature element. In early 1997, Lipinski unexpectedly won the U.S. Championships and, at 14, became the youngest person to win the title ahead of Sonya Klopfer who won it in 1951 at the age of 15. Lipinski also won the 1997 Champion Series Final, again becoming the youngest female ever to win the title. She went on to win the World Championships, again becoming the youngest person to win the title. The following season, Lipinski finished second to Michelle Kwan at Skate America and, while suffering from a bad head cold, to Laëtitia Hubert at Trophée Lalique. With Kwan sidelined due to a toe - related stress fracture injury, Lipinski defended her Champion Series Final title ( now known as the Grand Prix Final ). At the 1998 U.S. Nationals, Kwan and Lipinski met again, but after a fall on the triple flip in the short program, Lipinski ended the short program in 4th place with Kwan in 1st place. Although she landed seven triples in the long program, she finished second overall to Kwan. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Lipinski skated her short program to music from the animated movie Anastasia, placing second to Kwan. In the long program, Lipinski performed seven triples, including an historic triple loop / triple loop combination and, at the end, a triple toe / half loop / triple Salchow sequence, to overtake Kwan for the gold medal. She became the youngest ladies ' Olympic figure skating champion and the youngest individual gold medalist, a record that had stood since Norwegian Sonia Henie won the same event at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, also at age 15. ( In 2014, Yulia Lipnitskaya, six days younger than Lipinski at the time of her Olympic victory, became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in ladies figure skating by winning gold with the Russian team in the team event, not the individual event as Lipinski had. ) Lipinski trained at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Professional career On March 9, 1998, Lipinski announced her decision to withdraw from the 1998 World Figure Skating Championships, citing a serious glandular infection that required her to have two molars extracted, constant fatigue, and possible mononucleosis. On April 7, 1998, Lipinski announced her intention to turn professional in an interview with Katie Couric on the Today Show. She cited a desire to spend more time with her family, to have time for school, and to compete professionally against other Olympic champions. However, given the opportunities available to a newly crowned Olympic champion, Lipinski took on a full schedule of touring, publicity appearances, and acting engagements, albeit requiring constant travel. She was criticized by some, such as Christine Brennan, for her decision to retire from competition at such a young age, who likened the pro skating circuit as `` joining the circus ''. However, this criticism was labelled as `` petty backlash '' following Lipinski 's defeat of the expected - winner Kwan at the Nagano Olympics. In the spring and summer of 1998, Lipinski toured with Champions on Ice. She then toured with Stars on Ice for four seasons. Lipinski appealed to a younger audience, attracting new fans to what had traditionally been an adult - oriented show. Her signing to Stars on Ice was reported as a coup for the tour, which at that time was doing well, with some performances routinely selling out months in advance. Choreographer Sandra Bezic commented, `` Tara reminds us why we 're doing this -- the idealism, the genuine love of skating. There 's a real sweetness there that makes us all go, ' Yeah, I remember ' ''. Lipinski generally received favorable reviews and was popular with fans, sometimes signing autographs for hours after each show. Lipinski 's decision to turn pro coincided with a change in the business climate for the skating industry. After the 1998 Olympics, many of the professional skating competitions that had sprung up in the aftermath of the 1994 Tonya Harding spectacle were converted to a pro-am format or discontinued entirely as audiences lost interest. Lipinski did not want to compete in the new pro-am events, and not long after she turned professional, she broke an existing $1.2 million contract to appear in made - for - TV events sponsored by the USFSA. Instead, she skated only in the remaining all - pro competitions, which were primarily team events such as Ice Wars. Another very notable individual victory came at the 1999 World Professional Figure Skating Championships ; at age 17, she became the youngest person to win that event. Lipinski 's professional skating career was hampered by a series of hip injuries. In August 1998, Lipinski suffered a hip injury in practice for Stars on Ice. In September 2000, she underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in her hip. She said her hip problem had been misdiagnosed for several years. Lipinski suffered another hip injury in 2002 during a Stars on Ice show in St. Louis, when she fell hard on her right hip during a jump, and then tore muscles around the bruised area the next day. Many people have pointed to the repetitive stress of practicing the triple loop combinations Lipinski performed during her competitive days as the primary cause of her hip problems. Lipinski herself has issued contradictory statements about the timing, cause, and severity of her injuries. After her surgery in 2000, she stated in interviews that the real reason she had turned professional was that she had originally incurred the injury to her hip in the summer of 1997 and that she had skated the entire Olympic season in terrible pain, contradicting her earlier account of the original injury having occurred in summer 1998 rather than in 1997. In a 2010 statement on her web site, Lipinski denied that her hip injury was a factor in her decision to retire or that she suffered particular pain during her amateur career beyond `` the norm for any athlete ''. Lipinski participated in rehearsals for a fifth season of the Stars on Ice tour in the fall of 2002 but withdrew from the tour before it began. She had been increasingly unhappy with life on the tour ; she felt isolated from the off - ice camaraderie of the older skaters on the tour ; and her injuries caused friction with the show 's producers and other cast members. She later wrote on her official web site, `` It was really hard those last two years of touring for me. Emotionally I was drained and hurt. I have never been treated like that in my whole life. '' In later interviews, she also expressed frustration with the artistic direction of the show at that time. For example, reviewers had particularly panned the rap ensemble performed by Lipinski with Kristi Yamaguchi and Katarina Witt in the 2001 -- 02 tour. Television and film career Lipinski has made several television appearances, which have included guest roles on a number of prime - time shows ( Are You Afraid of the Dark ?, Touched by an Angel, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Malcolm in the Middle, Veronica 's Closet, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Early Edition, 7th Heaven, and Still Standing ), as well as a cameo in the theatrical film Vanilla Sky. Lipinski also played a brief supporting role on The Young and the Restless in 1999, starred in the TV movie Ice Angel in 2000, and was cast in the independent film The Metro Chase. Additionally, she has been a celebrity guest on VH - 1 's The List, Fox 's Beach Party, several Nickelodeon productions, and Girls Behaving Badly, and has appeared on numerous magazine covers as well as every major talk show. In 1999, CBS aired a prime - time special, Tara Lipinski : From This Moment On. Lipinski made an appearance on The Today Show on March 18, 2011, where she skated to Ben Harper 's `` Forever ''. In October 2013, it was announced that Lipinski would be a commentator and analyst on NBC, NBC Sports, and Universal Sports during the Sochi Winter Games. As a result of positive reviews for the event, Lipinski and fellow analyst Johnny Weir were invited to appear as fashion commentators for Access Hollywood at the 86th Academy Awards with host Billy Bush. In September 2014, Lipinski and Weir were promoted to NBC 's primary figure skating broadcasting team with Terry Gannon after more than a decade of Scott Hamilton, Sandra Bezic, and Tom Hammond at the helm. This promotion meant the B team of NBCSN from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games would be commentating at every major skating event aired on NBC networks including the Grand Prix of Figure Skating : Skate America and the United States Figure Skating National Championships. Before the promotion, Lipinski, Weir, and Gannon only did the other five Grand Prix events and the Grand Prix Final, while Hamilton, Bezic, and Hammond got the bigger events like the National Championships. NBC has increased Lipinski and Weir 's exposure in having them as `` fashion and lifestyle experts '' for the Kentucky Derby since 2014, and in 2016, the pair was announced as `` cultural correspondents '' for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The pair has also done commentary for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Lipinski and Weir have been described as having `` chemistry... that brings the artistry and makes their conversations truly shine... ( while ) engaging to listen to and they are excellent tutors, providing random nitty - gritty figure skating obscurities along the way ''. In July 2016, Lipinski became an executive producer for a potential Hulu drama series centered on figure skating. Personal life In December 2015, Lipinski announced her engagement to Todd Kapostasy, a television producer. They were married on June 24, 2017, in Charleston, South Carolina. Lipinski 's broadcast partner Johnny Weir was a bridesman at her wedding. Figure Skating Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 1997 -- 98 Once Upon a December Journey to the Past from Anastasia by David Newman choreo. by Sandra Bezic Prelude and Opening ( from The Rainbow ) by Carl Davis Scenes of Summer - Festival by Lee Holdridge, London Symphony Orchestra choreo. by Sandra Bezic Journey to the Past performed by Liz Callaway 1996 -- 97 Little Women by Thomas Newman choreo. by Sandra Bezic Much Ado About Nothing by Patrick Doyle Sense and Sensibility by Patrick Doyle choreo. by Sandra Bezic Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves 1995 -- 96 On the Town by Leonard Bernstein Speed by Mark Mancina The Prince of Tides by James Newton Howard On the Town by Leonard Bernstein Speed by Mark Mancina The Prince of Tides by James Newton Howard 1994 -- 95 Cirque du Soleil Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint - Saens Results Eligible GP : Champions Series ( Grand Prix ) International Event 1993 -- 94 1994 -- 95 1995 -- 96 1996 -- 97 1997 -- 98 Olympics 1st Worlds 15th 1st WD GP Final 1st 1st GP Nations Cup 2nd GP Skate America 2nd GP Skate Canada 2nd GP Trophée Lalique 3rd 2nd Nebelhorn Trophy 4th International : Junior Junior Worlds 4th 5th National U.S. Champ. 2nd N 2nd J 3rd 1st 2nd Levels -- N : Novice ; J : Junior Professional 1998 Skate TV Championships : 1st 1998 Ice Wars : 1st ( Team USA ) 1998 Jefferson Pilot Financial Championships : 1st 1999 Team Ice Wars : 2nd ( Team USA ) 1999 Ice Wars : 1st ( Team USA ) 1999 Grand Slam Super Teams of Skating : 1st 1999 World Professional Championship : 1st 2001 World Ice Challenge : 1st ( Team USA ) 2002 Ice Wars : 1st ( Team USA ) Skating technique Lipinski is best known for her consistent athletic ability which included a number of difficult jumping passes. She completed a triple loop / triple loop and a triple toe / half loop / triple Salchow. These combinations are very rare to this day. Lipinski 's jumps were tight in the air with very fast rotations, and her double Axel technique became very popular among many skaters for years to come. Film and television Lipinski has appeared in multiple television series, films and other programs. Other than that, she has had several technical parts. Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 1999 Touched by an Angel Alex Thorpe Season 5 Episode 15, `` On Edge '' 1999 The Young and the Restless Marnie Kowalski 11 episodes between episodes number 6561 and 6747 2000 Ice Angel Tracy Hannibal Television film 2000 Are You Afraid of the Dark ? Ellen Season 7 Episode 7, `` The Tale of the Lunar Locusts '' 2001 Vanilla Sky Girl at Party Uncredited 2002 Arli $ $ Herself Season 7 Episode 5, `` Playing It Safe '' 2002 At Home with Tara Lipinski Herself Television short 2003 7th Heaven Christine Season 7 Episodes 21 & 22, `` Life and Death : Part 1 & 2 '' 2003 Generation Jets Jessica ( voice ) The Metro Chase Natalie Jordon Television film 2005 Still Standing Sarah Season 3 Episode 18, `` Still Admiring '' 2005 What 's New, Scooby - Doo ? Camp Counselor Grey ( voice ) Season 3 Episode 9, `` What 's New, Scooby - Doo ? '' 2006 Malcolm in the Middle Carrie Season 7 Episode 20, `` Cattle Court '' 2016 Superstore Herself Episode `` Olympics '' 2018 Lip Sync Battle Herself Season 4, Episode : Johnny Weir vs. Tara Lipinski Achievements Philanthropic work, endorsements, and publications With Shaquille O'Neal and Denzel Washington, Lipinski is a national spokesperson for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. She is also a spokesperson for the Campaign for Tobacco - Free Kids and the Childhood Leukemia Foundation. Lipinski is also involved with the Office of National Drug Control Policy 's anti-drug campaign. Her anti-drug public service announcement aired nationwide on TV and in theaters in 2000. She is also dedicated to helping children in need, through the Make - A-Wish Foundation and the Children 's Circle of Care, the philanthropic organization for children 's hospitals nationwide. She has also supported St. Jude Children 's Research Hospital, and numerous cancer research efforts. Her portfolio of endorsements includes McDonald 's, Charles Schwab, Chevrolet, Snapple, DKNY, Minute Maid, Capezio, Mattel, Campbell 's Soup, Autoweb.com, Kellogg 's, Coca - Cola, Kleenex, Kodak, Hallmark Cards, Office Depot, Smuckers, Target, and others. Lipinski has also been on the runway for Limited Too !. Lipinski has two official books in print : Totally Tara -- An Olympic Journey and Triumph On Ice. In addition, there are numerous unofficial biographies, including : Tara Lipinski : Queen of the Ice, Bill Gutman Tara Lipinski : Superstar Ice - Skater, Stasia Ward Kehoe Tara Lipinski ( Sports Superstars ), Richard Rambeck On Ice with Tara Lipinski, Matt Christopher Tara Lipinski ( Champion Sports Biographies ), Annis Karpenko Tara the Road to Gold, Wendy Daly Tara Lipinski ( Awesome Athletes ), Jill Wheeler Tara Lipinski ( Female Skating Legends ), Veda Boyd Jones Tara Lipinski ( Jam Session ), Terri Dougherty Tara Lipinski : Star Figure Skater, Barry Wilner Awards and recognition The year before her Olympic win, the U.S. Olympic Committee named Lipinski the 1997 Female Athlete of the Year. Lipinski is particularly proud of the recognition she has received from fans. In 1999 and 2000, she was voted Best Female Athlete at the Nickelodeon Kids ' Choice Awards. In 1999, she won Best Female Athlete at the inaugural Fox Teen Choice Awards. 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Tara Lipinski Tara Lipinski on IMDb Olympic champions in figure skating -- Ladies ' singles 1908 : Madge Syers ( GBR ) 1920 : Magda Julin ( SWE ) 1924 : Herma Szabo ( AUT ) 1928 : Sonja Henie ( NOR ) 1932 : Sonja Henie ( NOR ) 1936 : Sonja Henie ( NOR ) 1948 : Barbara Ann Scott ( CAN ) 1952 : Jeannette Altwegg ( GBR ) 1956 : Tenley Albright ( USA ) 1960 : Carol Heiss ( USA ) 1964 : Sjoukje Dijkstra ( NED ) 1968 : Peggy Fleming ( USA ) 1972 : Trixi Schuba ( AUT ) 1976 : Dorothy Hamill ( USA ) 1980 : Anett Pötzsch ( GDR ) 1984 : Katarina Witt ( GDR ) 1988 : Katarina Witt ( GDR ) 1992 : Kristi Yamaguchi ( USA ) 1994 : Oksana Baiul ( UKR ) 1998 : Tara Lipinski ( USA ) 2002 : Sarah Hughes ( USA ) 2006 : Shizuka Arakawa ( JPN ) 2010 : Yuna Kim ( KOR ) 2014 : Adelina Sotnikova ( RUS ) 2018 : Alina Zagitova ( OAR ) World champions in figure skating -- Ladies ' singles 1906 : Madge Syers 1907 : Madge Syers 1908 : Lily Kronberger 1909 : Lily Kronberger 1910 : Lily Kronberger 1911 : Lily Kronberger 1912 : Opika von Méray Horváth 1913 : Opika von Méray Horváth 1914 : Opika von Méray Horváth 1922 : Herma Szabo 1923 : Herma Szabo 1924 : Herma Szabo 1925 : Herma Szabo 1926 : Herma Szabo 1927 : Sonja Henie 1928 : Sonja Henie 1929 : Sonja Henie 1930 : Sonja Henie 1931 : Sonja Henie 1932 : Sonja Henie 1933 : Sonja Henie 1934 : Sonja Henie 1935 : Sonja Henie 1936 : Sonja Henie 1937 : Cecilia Colledge 1938 : Megan Taylor 1939 : Megan Taylor 1947 : Barbara Ann Scott 1948 : Barbara Ann Scott 1949 : Alena Vrzáňová 1950 : Alena Vrzáňová 1951 : Jeannette Altwegg 1952 : Jacqueline du Bief 1953 : Tenley Albright 1954 : Gundi Busch 1955 : Tenley Albright 1956 : Carol Heiss 1957 : Carol Heiss 1958 : Carol Heiss 1959 : Carol Heiss 1960 : Carol Heiss 1962 : Sjoukje Dijkstra 1963 : Sjoukje Dijkstra 1964 : Sjoukje Dijkstra 1965 : Petra Burka 1966 : Peggy Fleming 1967 : Peggy Fleming 1968 : Peggy Fleming 1969 : Gabriele Seyfert 1970 : Gabriele Seyfert 1971 : Trixi Schuba 1972 : Trixi Schuba 1973 : Karen Magnussen 1974 : Christine Errath 1975 : Dianne de Leeuw 1976 : Dorothy Hamill 1977 : Linda Fratianne 1978 : Anett Pötzsch 1979 : Linda Fratianne 1980 : Anett Pötzsch 1981 : Denise Biellmann 1982 : Elaine Zayak 1983 : Rosalynn Sumners 1984 : Katarina Witt 1985 : Katarina Witt 1986 : Debi Thomas 1987 : Katarina Witt 1988 : Katarina Witt 1989 : Midori Ito 1990 : Jill Trenary 1991 : Kristi Yamaguchi 1992 : Kristi Yamaguchi 1993 : Oksana Baiul 1994 : Yuka Sato 1995 : Chen Lu 1996 : Michelle Kwan 1997 : Tara Lipinski 1998 : Michelle Kwan 1999 : Maria Butyrskaya 2000 : Michelle Kwan 2001 : Michelle Kwan 2002 : Irina Slutskaya 2003 : Michelle Kwan 2004 : Shizuka Arakawa 2005 : Irina Slutskaya 2006 : Kimmie Meissner 2007 : Miki Ando 2008 : Mao Asada 2009 : Yuna Kim 2010 : Mao Asada 2011 : Miki Ando 2012 : Carolina Kostner 2013 : Yuna Kim 2014 : Mao Asada 2015 : Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2016 : Evgenia Medvedeva 2017 : Evgenia Medvedeva 2018 : Kaetlyn Osmond Grand Prix Final champions in figure skating -- Ladies ' singles 1995 -- 1996 : Michelle Kwan 1996 -- 1997 : Tara Lipinski 1997 -- 1998 : Tara Lipinski 1998 -- 1999 : Tatiana Malinina 1999 -- 2000 : Irina Slutskaya 2000 -- 2001 : Irina Slutskaya 2001 -- 2002 : Irina Slutskaya 2002 -- 2003 : Sasha Cohen 2003 -- 2004 : Fumie Suguri 2004 -- 2005 : Irina Slutskaya 2005 -- 2006 : Mao Asada 2006 -- 2007 : Kim Yu - na 2007 -- 2008 : Kim Yu - na 2008 -- 2009 : Mao Asada 2009 -- 2010 : Kim Yu - na 2010 -- 2011 : Alissa Czisny 2011 -- 2012 : Carolina Kostner 2012 -- 2013 : Mao Asada 2013 -- 2014 : Mao Asada 2014 -- 2015 : Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2015 -- 2016 : Evgenia Medvedeva 2016 -- 2017 : Evgenia Medvedeva 2017 -- 2018 : Alina Zagitova United States national champions in figure skating -- Ladies ' singles 1914 : Theresa Weld 1918 : Rosemary Beresford 1920 -- 1924 : Theresa Weld 1925 -- 1927 : Beatrix Loughran 1928 -- 1933 : Maribel Vinson 1934 : Suzanne Davis 1935 -- 1937 : Maribel Vinson 1938 -- 1940 : Joan Tozzer 1941 -- 1942 : Jane Vaughn 1943 -- 1948 : Gretchen Merrill 1949 -- 1950 : Yvonne Sherman 1951 : Sonya Klopfer 1952 -- 1956 : Tenley Albright 1957 -- 1960 : Carol Heiss 1961 : Laurence Owen 1962 : Barbara Roles 1963 : Lorraine Hanlon 1964 -- 1968 : Peggy Fleming 1969 -- 1973 : Janet Lynn 1974 -- 1976 : Dorothy Hamill 1977 -- 1980 : Linda Fratianne 1981 : Elaine Zayak 1982 -- 1984 : Rosalynn Sumners 1985 : Tiffany Chin 1986 : Debi Thomas 1987 : Jill Trenary 1988 : Debi Thomas 1989 -- 1990 : Jill Trenary 1991 : Tonya Harding 1992 : Kristi Yamaguchi 1993 : Nancy Kerrigan 1994 : None * 1995 : Nicole Bobek 1996 : Michelle Kwan 1997 : Tara Lipinski 1998 -- 2005 : Michelle Kwan 2006 : Sasha Cohen 2007 : Kimmie Meissner 2008 : Mirai Nagasu 2009 : Alissa Czisny 2010 : Rachael Flatt 2011 : Alissa Czisny 2012 -- 2013 : Ashley Wagner 2014 : Gracie Gold 2015 : Ashley Wagner 2016 : Gracie Gold 2017 : Karen Chen 2018 : Bradie Tennell * Originally awarded to Tonya Harding, but later stripped. 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Question: where tara lipinski won her olympics gold medal at 15
Answer: Nagano