Female Figure Skaters
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Throughout history, there have been many women figure skaters who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female figure skaters such as Tonya Harding, Dorothy Hamill, Monika Dannemann, Annabel Bowlen, Sonja Henie.The women figure skaters featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & India and many more countries.
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Birthdate: October 13, 1969
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States
Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is best known for her 1993 U.S. Figure Skating Championship win. She has also won medals at the 1991 and 1992 World Championships and the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. She was attacked and injured by a man hired by her rival Tonya Harding’s former husband.
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Tessa Virtue(Canadian Retired Ice Dancer and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: May 17, 1989
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, Canada
Canadian former ice dancer Tessa Virtue is a two-time Olympic champion and a three-time world champion, with her dance partner Scott Moir. She has also won the Canadian national championship eight times. Virtue and Moir are the only winners of the Career Super Grand Slam in ice-dance history.
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Ekaterina Gordeeva
(Russian Figure Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: May 28, 1971
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Birthdate: November 12, 1970
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
American figure skater, Tonya Harding, was the 1991 and 1994 US champion but her 1994 title was taken away after a controversy erupted regarding her ex-husband. He was charged with planning an attack on a rival American skater, Nancy Kerrigan. Tonya Harding was banned for life by the US Figure Skating Association after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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Michelle Kwan
(American Retired Figure Skater)
Birthdate: July 7, 1980
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Torrance, California, United States
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Oksana Baiul
(Former Ukrainian Competitive Figure Skater)
Birthdate: November 16, 1977
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dnipro, Ukraine
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Mao Asada
(Japanese Former Competitive Figure Skater)
Birthdate: September 25, 1990
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Meito Ward, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Alina Zagitova
(Russian Figure Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: May 18, 2002
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Izhevsk, Russia
Alina Zagitova is a Russian figure skater who has won one gold medal each in Olympic Games, World Figure Skating Championships, European Figure Skating Championships, and Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final; she is the only female figure skater from Russia to have achieved this feat. At the 2019 Glamour Russia Awards, Alina Zagitova was named Sportswoman of the Year.
Birthdate: September 5, 1990
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bucheon-si, South Korea
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Tara Lipinski
(American Former Competitive Figure Skater, Actress And Sports Commentator)
Birthdate: June 10, 1982
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Birthdate: June 5, 1998
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yekaterinburg, Russia
Yulia Lipnitskaya stunned her fans with the news of her retirement at the tender age of 19. Apparently, she had been struggling with injuries and anorexia. The Russian professional figure skater won an Olympic gold at 15, thus becoming the youngest Russian gold medalist in history.
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Dorothy Hamill(Retired American Figure Skaters and Olympic Gold Medalists)
Birthdate: July 26, 1956
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dorothy Hamill is a retired figure skater whose efforts gave the United States of America an Olympic gold at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Despite suffering from chronic depression for much of her adult life, Dorothy Hamill served as a mentor to Rachael Flatt, who won the gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
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Evgenia Medvedeva
(Former Competitive Russian Figure Skater)
Birthdate: November 19, 1999
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Evgenia Medvedeva is a Russian figure skater who has won two silver Olympic medals, two World Championship gold medals, and two European Championship gold medals. At the 2017 World Championships, Medvedeva became the first 16-year-old female skater after Michelle Kwan to win back-to-back world titles. Evgenia Medvedeva is also the first skater to achieve two Grand Slams in a row.
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Jayne Torvill(British Professional Ice Dancer and Former Competitor)
Birthdate: October 7, 1957
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Clifton, United Kingdom
Jayne Torvill is a celebrated professional English ice dancer whose gold medal-winning performance with Christopher Dean at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics became a talking point worldwide. With Dean, she won the World Professional Championship five times and the Challenge of Champions title thrice. The top-scoring figure skating pair also starred in the television series Dancing on Ice.
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Kristi Yamaguchi
(Figure Skater)
Birthdate: July 12, 1971
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hayward, California, United States
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Sasha Cohen
(American Retired Figure Skater Who is 2006 Olympic Silver Medalist)
Birthdate: October 26, 1984
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States
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Katarina Witt
(German Former Figure skater)
Birthdate: December 3, 1965
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Staaken, Berlin, Germany
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Meryl Davis
(Former Competitive American Ice Dancer and Figure Skater)
Birthdate: January 1, 1987
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
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Sonja Henie
(Norwegian Figure Skater, Actress and Three-Time Olympic Gold Medallist)
Birthdate: April 8, 1912
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Died: October 12, 1969
Sonja Henie wasn’t just a 3-time Olympic champion in figure skating but also proved to be a Hollywood superstar, with hits such as Thin Ice and My Lucky Star. She debuted at the Olympics at age 11 and also won 10 World Championships consecutively. She was also proficient in tennis, swimming, and skiing.
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Gracie Gold
(American Figure Skater and the First and Only American Woman to Win an NHK Trophy Title)
Birthdate: August 17, 1995
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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Sarah Hughes
(Former American Competitive Figure Skater)
Birthdate: May 2, 1985
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Great Neck, New York, United States
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Peggy Fleming
(American Former Figure Skater and the Only American in the 1968 Winter Olympics)
Birthdate: July 27, 1948
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Jose, California, United States
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Mirai Nagasu
(Figure Skater Who Won the Bronze Medal in 2018 Olympic Games Team Event)
Birthdate: April 16, 1993
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Montebello, California, United States
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Debi Thomas
(Former Figure Skater and 1986 World Champion)
Birthdate: March 25, 1967
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Former figure skater Debi Thomas is also an Olympic bronze medalist. She began skating at 5 and participated in her first figure-skating contest at 9. A Stanford engineer and a qualified orthopedic surgeon, too, Thomas surprisingly ended up being broke and began living in a trailer in the Appalachian mountains.
Birthdate: June 24, 1945
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: April 5, 1996
Monika Dannemann was a German painter and figure skater whose professional achievements were overshadowed by her relationship with legendary guitar player Jimi Hendrix; she is often referred to as the last girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix. A year before her death, Monika Dannemann published a book titled The Inner World of Jimi Hendrix.
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Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
(Russian Figure Skater)
Birthdate: December 17, 1996
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Glazov, Russia
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Elena Radionova
(Russian Former Competitive Figure Skater)
Birthdate: January 6, 1999
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
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Surya Bonaly
(French-Born Retired Competitive Figure Skater)
Birthdate: December 15, 1973
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nice, France
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Kaetlyn Osmond
(Figure Skater)
Birthdate: December 5, 1995
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Marystown, Canada
Kaetlyn Osmond is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is best known for winning a gold medal and a bronze medal at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Previously, she had won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Kaetlyn Osmond also won a gold medal at the World Championships in 2018.
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Alena Kostornaia
(Russian Figure Skater)
Birthdate: August 24, 2003
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
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Carolina Kostner
(Figure skater)
Birthdate: February 8, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bolzano, Italy
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Kamila Valieva
(Russian Figure Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: April 26, 2006
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kazan, Russia
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Midori Ito
(Figure skater)
Birthdate: August 13, 1969
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Lynn-Holly Johnson
(American Retired Figure Skater and Actress)
Birthdate: December 13, 1958
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Aljona Savchenko
(Ukrainian-born German Pair Skater)
Birthdate: January 19, 1984
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Obukhiv, Ukraine
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Anna Shcherbakova
(Russian Figure Skater, Television Presenter, and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: March 28, 2004
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Birthdate: November 24, 1976
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Changchun, China
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Jamie Salé
(Canadian Former Competitive Pair Skater)
Birthdate: April 21, 1977
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Alexandra Trusova
(Russian Figure Skater and Olympic Silver Medalist)
Birthdate: June 23, 2004
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ryazan, Russia
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Irina Slutskaya
(Russian Former Figure Skater)
Birthdate: February 9, 1979
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
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Janet Lynn
(American Figure Skater)
Birthdate: April 6, 1953
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rockford, Illinois, United States
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Adelina Sotnikova
(Russian Figure skater)
Birthdate: July 1, 1996
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
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Sarah Kawahara
(Canadian Figure Skater and Choreographer)
Birthdate: September 15, 1961
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
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Tatiana Volosozhar
(Russian Pair Skater)
Birthdate: May 22, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dnipro, Ukraine
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Vanessa James
(Canadian Retired Pair Skater)
Birthdate: September 27, 1987
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Vera Ralston
(Czech Figure-Skater Who Competed in 1936-Winter-Olympics and Known for Her Role in the Film 'Dakota')
Birthdate: July 12, 1919
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: February 9, 2003
Czech figure-skater Vera Ralston represented her nation under her birth name Věra Hrubá at the 1936 European Figure Skating Championships, the 1936 Winter Olympics, and the 1937 European Figure Skating Championships. She later immigrated to the US and became a naturalized citizen. She made her name as an actress appearing in films like Storm Over Lisbon, Dakota, and The Fighting Kentuckian.
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Elena Ilinykh
(Russian Former Competitive Ice Dancer and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: April 25, 1994
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Aktau, Kazakhstan
Best known for her phenomenal performances with partner Ruslan Zhiganshin, retired Russian ice dancer Elena Ilinykh is a former national champion. Though initially trained in single skating, she later moved on to ice dancing. She also has two Olympic medals, including a gold, and three European championship medals in her kitty.
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Carol Heiss
(American Former Figure Skater and Actress)
Birthdate: January 20, 1940
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
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Oksana Grishuk
(Russian Former Competitive Ice Dancer and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Birthdate: March 17, 1971
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Best known for her performances with partner Evgeni Platov, competitive ice dancer Oksana Grishuk began figure skating at age 4. She and Platov are three-time European champions and four-time world champions. The duo also has also won two Olympic golds. She is now a coach and has appeared on several TV shows.
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Elizabet Tursynbayeva
(Figure skater)
Birthdate: February 14, 2000
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia