Roseanne Barr got her start as a standup comedian in the 1980s, who won national acclaim after performing on Late Night with David Letterman. When TV execs wanted to create a sitcom about a working class family, Roseanne was chosen to play the family matriarch, and the show that followed was largely based on her own life and kids.

Since Roseanne went off the air in 1997, Barr has done a lot of work as a voiceover artist, in addition to sporadic guest roles on several TV series. Barr has been a prolific series producer since the early 1990s, which included both her own show, as well as several others like The Jackie Thomas Show. She hosted her own talk show, The Roseanne Show, before it was cancelled, and made several reality shows. The Roseanne revival is set to debut in 2018.

When Jane Sibbett was introduced on Friends she was replacing the original actress who portrayed Ross’s lesbian ex-wife, Carol. Sibbett was featured often in the first several seasons of Friends, especially during the storyline that regarded Carol’s pregnancy with Ross’s child, and how the pair dealt with co-parenting the baby alongside Carol’s new partner, Susan. Sibbett broke new ground on television as Carol, as she portrayed one of the first lesbian weddings to ever appear on TV in Friends’s second season.

Since she completed her run as Carol on Friends, Jane Sibbett continued to work on film and television intermittently. In the mid 2000s, she shifted her main focus from acting to producing, as she began working on a series of documentaries that follow a Croatian faith healer named Braco. So far, she has released four films about his work, including Braco: The Golden Bridge and Evolution. In 2016, Sibbett returned to the screen in Jessica Darling’s It List, as Mrs. Darling.

Megan Mullally’s shot at stardom may have been delayed when she lost out on the role of Elaine in Seinfeld to Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Her big break came when she won the role of Karen Walker on Will and Grace, where she played Grace’s sassy, rich assistant who is consistently out of touch with the rest of the world. Mullally’s hilarious portrayal of Karen earned her a number of awards of over the years, including two Emmys.

When Will and Grace went off the air in 2006, Mullally was given her own talk show, called The Megan Mullally Show, which she hosted between 2006 and 2007. Mullally had a number of guest appearances in the following years, before earning another regular role on a series. A talented singer, Mullally began performing on Broadway in the 1990s, and also created the role of Elizabeth in the stage musical, Young Frankenstein. Mullally has made her way back in front of the camera in the Will and Grace revival.

Jaleel White became an instant family favorite when he appeared as Steve Urkel in the second half of the first season of Family Matters. Surprisingly, White had only been booked for a one time guest role on the sitcom as the family’s annoyingly nerdy neighbor, but White was so funny, he was asked to return to the show as a regular character. The show shifted its focus from the Winslow family to Urkel himself, making White the main character of the series.

Following Family Matters, White had roles in a number of different TV shows, including voicing Sonic in the animated series, Sonic Underground. He also played J. Calvin Frasier in the show grown ups between 1999 and 2000. In 2010, he had an arc as Reggie Culkin in the show, Fake It Til You Make It. Many people still associate White with his character Urkel, and are surprised to see that he isn’t actually an awkward skinny nerd. Most recently, he played Darryl in Me, Myself and I.

Katey Sagal made a name for herself as an actress when she was cast in Married… With Children as the protagonist, Al Bundy’s wife, Peggy. Sagal’s often hilarious antics as the working class wife of a shoe salesman made her immensely popular with audiences. Peggy’s signature red updo was inspired by the wig that Sagal had worn to her audition for the role, and producers liked it so much they decided to have her keep the hairdo on the show.

After Married… With Children’s 11 year run, she moved on to do voiceover work in the animated adult TV series, Futurama, with its ardent audiences of devotees. In 2002, she began playing another TV mother as Cate Hennessy in 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, where she was John Ritter’s wife. The show also starred a young Kaley Cuoco, but didn’t last much longer after Ritter’s death. Sagal has recently appeared in Brooklyn Nine-Nine as well as this year’s Superior Donuts.

John Goodman had been acting for a number of years before he began playing Roseanne’s husband, Dan Connor, in the sitcom Roseanne. The show focused on the blue collar Connor family, and Goodman’s character, Dan, was often bouncing from job to job. As a sort of sitcom everyman, many people found Dan Connor to be more real and relatable than a lot of other TV dads, as he was far from perfect, but was always there to support his family.

Despite Goodman’s extensive resume, Dan Connor still remains one of his most recognizable roles. Following Roseanne, Goodman appeared in a long string of TV shows and movies that include an arc on The West Wing, Center of the Universe, Evan Almighty, and Treme. He played a weighty role in the 2012 Ben Affleck film, Argo, about the US operation to extract hostages from Iran in the late 70s. This year, Goodman was seen in the film Once Upon a Time in Venice as Dave.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas may have been one of the best known teenage heartthrobs of the 1990s, along with the boy bands and Leonardo DiCaprio. Jonathan Taylor Thomas was cast on Home Improvement as Randy Taylor, Tim Allen’s character’s middle child. Jonathan played Randy until the show’s final season, when he asked for his character to be written out of the show so he could attend university. Jonathan did not return for the series’ finale.

Since Home Improvement, Jonathan Taylor Thomas continued his acting career, which included voiceover work for the Nickelodeon cartoon, The Wild Thornberrys in 2000, and The Tangerine Bear: Home In Time For Christmas. He also had roles in several TV movies, which included Common Ground and An American Town. Over the years he made a few guest appearances on television shows, but was more focused on earning a college degree. His last film appearance were several guest slots on Last Man Standing.

Sara Gilbert got her first taste of stardom when she watched her older sister Melissa Gilbert on the hit 70s TV show, Little House on the Prairie. Determined to follow in her siblings’ footsteps, Sara began doing commercials as a child. In 1988, she was cast as the middle child on the sitcom Roseanne, where she played the sardonic Darlene until the show wrapped in 1997, nine years after it first began airing. The show found her to be so critical, that they filmed around her university schedule.

Gilbert had a number of guest roles on various TV shows following Roseanne, including a run on 24 as Paula Schaeffer in 2002, as well as starring in the short lived series, Twins, from 2005 to 2006. Gilbert briefly reprised her onscreen relationship with her Roseanne character’s partner, when she appeared in several episodes of The Big Bang Theory as one of Johnny Galecki’s love interests. Gilbert is now both a producer and co-host on the show The Talk, and will be playing Darlene in the Roseanne revival.

Karyn Parsons got her big break in Hollywood when she was cast in the Will Smith centered sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Belair as Hilary Banks, one of Will’s cousins. Hilary was often the family member most obsessed with showing off her status, and could often act quite spoiled, as she liked to go shopping and looked down on places that were associated with a lower socio economic level. Though Hilary was never a very brainy character, she eventually finds career success.

After Fresh Prince of Belair stopped production, Parsons starred in the short lived TV series, Lush Life as Margot Hines, which only lasted for four episodes. She followed that up with a couple of film roles, including The Ladies Man and 13 Moons. From 2001 to 2002 she played Toni in The Job. Karyn took a break from acting after the role, but produced a series of films about black heroes. She is set to return to TV in 2018 for the series Fly.

Julia Stiles’ breakout role came in the 1999 rom-com, 10 Things I Hate About You, which was a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Updated for modern audiences, Kat doesn’t quite need to get married, but she does need to find a date before her younger sister can go on one. Starring opposite a young Heath Ledger, Julia proved that there were plenty of other boxes teenagers could fit into, not just nerdy or popular.

Two years after her starring role, Stiles was once again cast as the main character when she took on Save the Last Dance. Though her most acclaimed films up to that point weren’t quite the dramatic fare that characterizes the most celebrated careers, Julia surprised critics with her performance in the Julia Roberts-led Mona Lisa Smile. She spent most of the past two decades as a film star, appearing in most of the Bourne films, including the most recent.

Though Julianna began acting several years before being cast on ER, it was her role as Carol Hathaway, which she began playing in 1994, that put her on the map as an actress. She starred in the show from the pilot episode, where she was featured opposite a young George Clooney. Though Hathaway wasn’t intended to last very long, Margulies’s performance made an impression, and she stayed with the show for six years. She was the only cast member to win an Emmy for the show.

Though Margulies was heavily criticized for leaving ER after only six years while commanding an impressive paycheck, Margulies wanted to move on to bigger things. She had a number of film and TV roles in the intervening years, including several episodes of The Sopranos, as well as Caterbury’s Law, where she played Elizabeth Caterbury. From 2009, Margulies began starring in the legal drama, The Good Wife, as the show’s protagonist, Alicia Florrick, whose on screen husband was played by Chris Noth. In 2017, she was in Three Christs.

Long before she became associated with playing younger sister, Ashley Banks on Fresh Prince of Belair, Tatyana Ali was already used to being on camera. She got her start acting on Sesame Street when she was only six years old, before moving on to bit roles in a number of movies and TV shows. Fresh Prince proved to be Tatyana’s big break, as she played the book smart Ashley for the entirety of the show’s run.

Tatyana would continue to find success in the years after Fresh Prince wrapped, with appearances in films like The Clown at Midnight, Nora’s Hair Salon, and Back in the Day. Tatyana returned to television in 2009 when she was cast in the show Buppies as Quincy, though the role only lasted one season. Her next big role was in Love That Girl which ran for four seasons between 2010 and 2014. This year, Tatyana is in the series Fly as Captain Bess Davenport.

Mackenzie Rosman is one of those quintessential child actors whose lives were defined by their time onscreen. Mackenzie began her acting career when she earned the part of youngest sister, Ruthie Camden on 7th Heaven, when she was only six years old. Though Ruthie was often used for a dose of cuteness during her younger years, as she aged, she became increasingly rebellious, especially once her older siblings had moved out of the house. Mackenzie played Ruthie until the show wrapped in 2007.

Mackenzie has continued to find some sporadic acting jobs in the past decade, but given that she was constantly on screen for the majority of her childhood, no one could blame her for wanting to step away from the limelight just a bit. In 2010 and 2011, she had a four episode arc on the ABC Family drama, Secret Life of the American Teenager. She appeared in several films in 2013, including Nightcomer. The same year, she courted controversy by posing in Maxim magazine.

Lark Voorhies began acting at a young age and was one of the original stars of Good Morning Miss Bliss that was transferred over to Saved by the Bell. As Lisa Turtle, Voorhies played the sometimes haughty, rich character in the friend group. Turtle was the most fashion conscious of her group of friends, and when the original series ended with the characters’ high school graduation, Voorhies’s character moved to New York City in order to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Voorhies only reprised her role of Turtle once during the run of the spinoff series, Saved by the Bell: The College Years. Following Saved by the Bell, Voorhies had notable runs on Days of our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful. Afterwards, she played Mercedes Langford in the show In the House from 1997 until 1999. Voorhies began writing books in 2010, as has published three so far. Her last film appearance was 2012’s Closer to God: Jessica’s Journey.

David Hasselfhoff ended up being the man to bring Baywatch to the masses. It’s original run starring Hasselhoff in 1989 didn’t go well, but Hasselhoff saw its potential and invested his own money in rebooting the show. He played the role of Mitch Buchanon for 11 years, ending his run on the show in 2000. Hasselhoff also appeared in the Baywatch spinoff, Baywatch Nights between 1995 and 1997, which helped cement him as the world’s most watched man on TV, for which he won a Guinness World Record.

Since the end of Baywatch over a decade and a half ago, Hasselhoff has been seen in a large number of movies and TV shows. He also finally fulfilled his childhood dream of being a Broadway star when he made his debut in Jekyll and Hyde in 2000. He also had starring runs in the Broadway productions of Chicago and The Producers. Most recently, he can be seen spoofing himself in Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2, where he’s officially billed as “The form of David Hasselhoff”.

James Van Der Beek may be best known as a 90’s TV heartthrob, but like many of the most famous actors, he actually got his start acting in theatrical productions as a teenager. Van Der Beek made his mainstream film debut when he was cast in Dawson’s Creek in 1997, and the show became an instant hit. Once he was a TV regular, the film roles kept pouring in, and Van Der Beek starred in such dramatic vehicles as Varsity Blues and American Psycho.

Once Dawson’s Creek went off the air in 2003, Van Der Beek found himself relegated to guest roles and TV movies. In 2008 and 2009, he returned to the world of teen drama when he appeared in several episodes of One Tree Hill. Van Der Beek found that he had a resurgence in popularity when he was cast as an exaggerated version of himself on the short lived hit, Don’t Trust the B—- In Apartment 23, which ran between 2012 and 2013. You can now see him on Vampirina.

Kirk Cameron got his start on TV doing commercials as a child before he was cast as the oldest son, Mike Seaver, on the sitcom Growing Pains. Throughout the run of the show, Cameron was the guy every teen girl was crushing on, especially as he charmed lady after lady as his character. Towards the end of the show’s run, however, Cameron became an evangelical Christian, and wanted his character’s actions to reflect his newfound faith.

After the show wrapped, Cameron became so focused on his new faith that he cut off all contact to his former cast mates, barely speaking to them for many years, until the cast began reuniting for movies and talk show reunions. Despite his turn towards religion, he never left show business behind entirely. Cameron co-hosted The Way of the Master, a Christian ministry show from 2003 to 2014. Recently, he has appeared in Extraordinary as Barry, as well as The National Bible Bee Game Show.

Amanda Bynes was a child star who managed to turn heads with her hilarious portrayals in the teen sketch show, All That. She created several memorable characters that would recur in sketches throughout her years on the show including, sketches like ‘Ask Ashley.’ Bynes was eventually given a sketch show of her own, which was titled The Amanda Show when she was only 13 years old, which often parodied many popular shows that were airing at the same time.

After All That and The Amanda Show, Bynes seemed to be on track to become Nickelodeon’s biggest breakout star. She went on to play What I Like About You which was on a network television show. Bynes also began starring in films,with her first big screen appearance opposite Frankie Munez and Paul Giamatti in Big Fat Liar. Bynes’s performance in the movie musical Hairspray was well received. She also had positive feedback for her role in Easy A, which was her last film appearance.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar was first cast as Zack Morris when he was only 14 for the Disney channel show, Good Morning Miss Bliss. The show was cancelled after one season, but producers found Gosselaar so charming that they decided to redevelop the show to center on his character, Zack. Zack and several of his friends were moved to California and joined by a few new faces, with their new show named Saved By the Bell. The show ran for four years.

Following Saved By the Bell and its various, but less successful spinoffs, Gosselaar tried to make a move into film, first appearing in a TV movie, before getting his break on the big screen in Dead Man on Campus. In 2001, Gosselaar was cast in the TV drama, NYPD Blue, where he played Detective John Clark, Jr. until 2005. From 2011 until 2014, Gosselaar appeared in the show Franklin & Bash in the starring role of Pete Bash. Most recently, he was in Pitch.

Tiffani Amber Thiessen’s role as Kelly Kapowski was the envy of many a teenage girl in the early 1990s. She was a fashion icon for other teens, and most boys wanted to date her, which is exactly how the character of Kelly was depicted in the show. Thiessen charmed audiences as the good hearted cheerleader, seeming to excel in almost anything she tried her hand at. Audiences always rooted for Kelly to reunite with Zack Morris, which they eventually did.

Thiessen moved from the comic relief in Bayside to the drama of Beverly Hills, 90210 after Saved By the Bell was cancelled. Tiffani continued to enjoy a busy television career, moving from one show to the next, which includes featured roles in Good Morning Miami and What About Brian. By 2009, Thiessen was cast on the comedy White Collar as Elizabeth Burke. She was the host of a cooking show called Dinner at Tiffani’s and can now be seen in Alexa & Katie.

Before Melissa Joan Hart was Sabrina, a teenager who was the offspring of a magical family, she was Clarissa in Clarissa Explains It All. Hart was ready to take a break from acting when she was cast as Sabrina, a role she couldn’t pass on. Sabrina often found herself in some sticky magical situations, which would pull her from her regular life to a magical realm. Teen audiences found her trials relatable, whether they were normal high school milestones or magical ones.

As Melissa grew up, she wanted to take on responsibility beyond merely being on screen, and managed to find herself directing several episodes of her show. For the next seven years, Melissa didn’t find one long running role, though she did start a family with her husband Mark Wilkerson. Hart returned to television in 2010 as the star of Melissa & Joey which ran for five years. Most recently, she can be seen in A Very Merry Toy Store.

Tori Spelling began playing Donna Martin on her father’s teen drama, Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1990, a role she played for a full 10 years before the show wrapped in 2000.

Following Beverly Hills, 90210, Tori had roles in a number of different television shows and movies. Though she reprised her role as Donna Martin in the 90210 reboot in 2009, she remade her adult image as a reality TV star, allowing her family to be filmed for several shows documenting their lives, including Tori & Dean: Inn Love, Tori & Dean: Cabin Fever, and 2014’s True Tori. In 2017 she appeared in a TV movie called, Mother May I Sleep With Danger as Julie Lewisohn.

Though Fran earned her first role in the 1970s, she only found sporadic work with smaller film roles throughout the 1980s. In the early 90s, she and her husband created the show, The Nanny, which took a lot of inspiration from Fran’s early life, down to the characters upbringing in Queens and her family members’ names. The show made Drescher a bonafide star, and even earned her an Emmy nomination along with two Golden Globe nominations.

After The Nanny wrapped in 1999 after six seasons on the air, Fran had several small roles in a number of films and television shows before getting back to writing and producing her own material. In 2005, she created and starred in the show, Living with Fran, which ran for two seasons. In 2011, she put her life back on the screen with Happily Divorced which was based on her and her long term husband’s relationship. This year, she appeared in an episode of Broad City.

Heather Locklear finally earned herself national attention when she was cast as Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place in 1993. She played the role until the series wrapped in 1999, before reprising it in the recent reboot. Following her popular run on the primetime soap opera, which was also the brainchild of Aaron Spelling, the king of 90s teen dramas, she moved on to Spin City. Locklear played Caitlin Moore from 1999 to 2002, firmly cementing herself as a staple of 90s television dramas.

After Spin City wrapped, Locklear bounced around a number of television shows, including LAX where she played Harley Random from 2004 until 2005. Locklear continued to act, but was beset by a number of problems in her personal life, in particular, her divorce from her second husband, and falling out with her ex-best friend, Denise Richards. Beginning in 2016, she began playing First Lady Katelynn Christian in the TV show, Too Close to Home, which was created by Tyler Perry.

Another star who is probably best known for their role on the sitcom Full House is Lori Loughlin, who played Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis on the show. She starred in a staggering 152 episodes of the popular show. However, she had already reached fame after winning awards for her performances in shows such as The Edge of Night. Although she was one of the icons of 90s TV, Lori Loughlin only appeared in one movie during that particular decade – Casper: A Spirited Beginning.

One thing is for sure; Lori Loughlin hasn’t struggled to stay relevant in the world of TV. In the last 10 years alone, the actress has starred in a number of successful shows such as 90210, Garage Sale Mystery and When Calls the Heart, to name a few. Like many of her other cast members from Full House, Lori Loughlin reprised her role as Rebecca Katsopolis on the Netflix revival series, Fuller House, which has been running since 2016.

Denise Richards got her start bouncing around a number of our favorite teen shows, including Saved By The Bell, Seinfeld, and Married with Children, where she played a variety of small roles. It was her mini arc on Melrose Place as Brandi Carson, however, that gained her enough attention to begin earning bigger roles, including Lt. Carmen Ibanez in the 1997 film, Starship Troopers. That ended up becoming her breakout role, which placed her on the Hollywood map.

By the early 2000s, Denise was earning herself roles on a number of big TV shows, holding her own in long term arcs. She appeared as Debra in Blue Mountain State between 2010 and 2011, as well as several episodes of Two and Half Men, which starred her ex-husband, Charlie Sheen, between 2003 and 2011. This year, Denise appeared in Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce as well as the movie, A Violent Man, where she played Victoria. She has six more films yet to be released this year and next.

There is no doubt that Keri Russell’s most recognized role came in the late 90s when she played the lead role of Felicity Porter in the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002. She ended up winning a Golden Globe for her performance on the show. However, what many forget is that her first cinematic role came in 1992, when she starred alongside Rick Moranis in the sequel to Honey, I Shrunk The Kids – titled Honey, I Blew Up The Kid.

Although she has had a steady acting career over the years, Keri Russell’s most recent roles have been nothing short of impressive. She has appeared in movies such as Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Free State of Jones, to name a few. It is reported that Keri Russell is scheduled to play a key role in the concluding chapter to the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Star Wars: Episode XI. However, her role has yet to be confirmed.

There is no doubt that Candace Cameron’s finest hour came in the early 90s when she played the role of D.J. Tanner in the popular sitcom Full House. She starred alongside the likes of Bob Saget, John Stamos and the Olsen twins from 1987 to 1995. However, she is also known for her role as fictional character Aurora Teagarden. One of the most high-profile Republican celebrities, Cameron has been married to NHL hockey player Valeri Bure since 1996.

Candace Cameron has always held her Christian faith close to her heart, having converted when she was just 12 years old. In fact, she thanks her faith for keeping her marriage with Valeri Bure intact. In recent times, she has starred in movies such as The Wager and Faith of Our Fathers. Also, Candace Cameron reprised her role as D.J. Tanner in the revival series of Full House, aptly titled Fuller House. The show saw many of the original cast members also reprise their respective roles.

Yasmine Bleeth launched her acting career with her starring role in the hit ‘90s TV show Baywatch. Yasmine Bleeth was a household name, and she attracted so much media attention worldwide, that People magazine dubbed her one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in 1995. The New York native continued pursuing a successful acting career following her iconic lifeguard role, starring in the soap opera One Life To Live as LeeAnn Demarest, and guest starring in other television series.

After her recurring role on Baywatch, Yasmine Bleeth continued to act in other television shows and films. She was a featured actress on several TV series, and a guest star on others. In 2000, 3 years before retiring from acting, Yasmine Bleeth accepted a starring role in the series Titans. Simultaneously, the talented and multifaceted actress accepted swimwear and lingerie modeling gigs, and even went on to launch her own swimwear line, which she named Yaz Wear. Since 2003, she now no longer appears on any shows or films.

Sarah Michelle Gellar began acting at a young age, earning notice for her role on All My Children when she was only 16 years old. By 1997, Gellar was cast as the title character in the Joss Whedon show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which proved to be immensely popular among teens and young adults. The show lasted until 2003, and spawned the spinoff, Angel, in which Gellar made several appearances. Even a decade after it wrapped, Gellar is still known as Buffy.

During her run on Buffy, Sarah Michelle Gellar was landing movie roles left and right, and appeared in films like I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream 2. She also played Daphne in the live action Scooby Doo movies, released in 2002 and 2004. From 2005 up until 2014, Gellar voiced several characters on the animated series, Robot Chicken. She also voiced a character in Star Wars Rebels from 2015 to 2016. This year, she was seen in the TV pilot sequel Cruel Intentions.

Originally representing East Germany, former figure skater Katarina Witt made history when she became the first female since 1936 to win back-to-back in the singles at the Winter Olympics. She first struck gold in 1984 in Sarajevo and then four years later in Calgary.

East Germany’s end meant that Witt had complete freedom to pursue dreams outside of figure skating. Not only did she appear in Playboy magazine, but she also had her own memoir published in 2005 – Only With Passion. In 2013, a biopic aired on ESPN about Witt’s life both before and after the unification of Germany. Most recently, Witt helped Munich’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. However, it was ultimately Pyeongchang, South Korea that were given the opportunity to host the games.

1976 was truly the year for Dorothy Hamill. It was the year when the former figure skater won both the ladies’ singles event at the Winter Olympics, which took place in Innsbruck, Austria, as well as the World Championships. Her Olympic triumph was particularly impressive seeing that she was the last to win gold without hitting a triple jump. Hamill is also renowned for having created her own move – the “Hamill camel.” It’s essentially a camel spin that evolves into a sit spin.

Like many successful figure skaters, Dorothy Hamill turned to professional performances after her Olympic and World Championship triumphs. One of her keynote performances was on the show Broadway on Ice and Hamill also made an appearance on the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars. However, after just two episodes, she had to pull out after receiving a nasty injury. Since then though, Hamill has bounced back with performances in shows such as Go Figure: The Randy Gardner Story.

Peggy Fleming’s biggest triumph came in 1968 at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble. It was here that she won the gold for Team U.S. in the ladies’ singles. Amazingly, it was the only gold that Team U.S. won in the entire tournament. In her career, Fleming has won the World Championship three times. Just two years after winning gold at the Winter Olympics, she tied the knot with her teenage sweetheart, Greg Jenkins, who was a former amateur figure skater.

It has been half a century since Peggy Fleming won gold at the Winter Olympics and she has filled in those fifty years with a variety of activities and life-changing moments. She survived breast cancer in the 90s and had two kids with her husband Greg – sons Andy and Todd. The couple actually had a vineyard/winery during their time in California, which at one point, sold 2,000 cases of wine per year. They have recently sold the vineyard and are enjoying retirement together.

One of the younger athletes on this list to have competed in figure skating, Sarah Hughes made her presence known at the turn of the Millennium when she won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Vancouver. Just a year later though, Hughes took her game to the next level when she won the gold in the ladies’ singles at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She finished 1st, with Irina Slutskaya and Michelle Kwan coming in at 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Shortly after her Olympic triumph, Sarah Hughes enroled at Yale University where she eventually graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in American Studies. It was also during this time that she decided to take a break from her studies to tour with the Smuckers Stars on Ice. Being Jewish, Hughes received a huge honor in 2005 when she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. She is currently studying at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Just six years after he started pursuing a career in ice skating, Johnny Weir won the 2001 World Junior Championship. It only seemed like more glory would follow, with Weir winning the U.S. Figure Skating Championship for three consecutive years (2004, 2005, and 2006). His highest achievement came in 2008 when he won a bronze for Team U.S. at the World Championships and was the only medal that Team U.S. won in the competition. He has also competed in two competitions on the Olympic stage.

Since retiring from professional skating in 2013, Johnny Weir has joined forces with his best friend outside the rink, Tara Lipinski, and together the duo have been successful analysts for a number of figure skating shows. As a result of their success, Weir and Lipinski have worked on huge events such as the red carpet at the Academy Awards. After coming out in 2011, Weir ended up divorcing his husband in 2015 and has since lambasted the movie I, Tonya, the biopic about Tonya Harding.

This is one figure skater who has been a hit in both the singles and the pairs competitions. Not only did Kristi Yamaguchi win the gold at the 1992 Winer Olympics in Albertville, France, but she also became World Champion in both 1991 and 1992. She also won the National Championships in 1989 and 1990 with her pairs partner Rudy Galindo. Since her retirement, Yamaguchi has been inducted into both the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame as well as the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

The nineties was primarily a time for Yamaguchi to focus on professional tours, primarily with the Stars on Ice. It was also during this time that the former figure skater tried her hand in philanthropy, establishing the “Always Dream Foundation” in 1996. The charity’s main goal is to give children better literacies from an earlier age. Yamaguchi was a huge success in season six of Dancing with the Stars. Then, in 2011, she wrote the children’s book Dream Big, Little Pig!

One defining feature of Scott Hamilton’s game was that he loves to do backflips. Not only was it a skill that not many other skaters could do, but it was also illegal in the U.S. and the Olympics. Despite this, Hamilton has kept things professional and ended up winning four World Championships, as well as four consecutive U.S. Championships. These all came between 1981 and 1984. The apex of his success came at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, when he won the gold.

It was actually Hamilton who founded Stars on Ice back in the 80s. However, when the 90s came around, the former figure skater had a bout with testicular cancer, which he overcame in 1997. That’s not all though; Hamilton found out that his short height was the result of a childhood condition, which caused numerous brain tumors between 2004 and 2016. Since then, Hamilton founded the CARES Initiative, which focuses on cancer research. In 2018, he became an ambassador at the Winter Olympics.

The story that Canadians David Pelletier and Jamie Salé have been through in their career is extraordinary, to say the least. Together, the pair won the gold at both the 2001 World Championships and 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Despite being at the center of a judging scandal, the pair ultimately walked away with the gold, which most neutrals felt was totally deserved. It was a truly remarkable time for the pair, but there was much more to follow…

Not only did Pelletier and Salé turn professional after the Olympics, but they also fell in love. On Christmas Day, 2004, the couple got engaged and married a year later. Then, two years after that, they had a son, Jesse Joe Pelletier. However, the couple eventually divorced, despite remaining skating partners. They were inducted into both the Skate Canada Hall of Fame and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. Salé is now married to Craig Simpson, who she worked with on Battle of the Blades.

Debi Thomas will be best remembered for becoming the first ever African-American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. In the 1988 games in Calgary, she ended up winning the bronze. However, the historic moment didn’t shock many in attendance, especially since Thomas had already been in the top three on three separate occasions in the World Championships. She eventually reached the number one spot in 1986. Thomas is also known for her rivalry with Katarina Witt, which was called the “Battle of the Carmens.”

Debi Thomas managed to enroll at Stanford University during her Olympic days. Despite this, she decided to retire from figure skating at just 21 years of age. She eventually graduated from Stanford and moved to medical school, which is where she became an orthopedic surgeon. However, things weren’t so easy for Thomas. She developed a reputation as a difficult doctor to work with and ended up establishing her own private practice before filing for bankruptcy. Her medical license expired soon after she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

No American pair has been able to reach the same heights that Kitty and Peter Carruthers did back in 1984. This pair of siblings from Massachusetts cast all their Soviet rivals aside when they won the silver. Despite the fact that Kitty had tendinitis at the time, they still managed to come away with a medal. So overwhelmed by their achievement, Kitty and Peter embraced each other for a good minute in front of a standing ovation.

Peter Carruthers has gone on to become a famous broadcaster for numerous skating events and is now married with two kids. As for Kitty, she is working as a coach in Houston. Despite their individual lives, the siblings often reunite on special occasions, most recently on a TV special in 2013. They even skated together during the special. “We were silly enough to skate, and we had a blast,” Kitty said. “We realized we still had a little something,” Peter added.

Three-time World Championship medalist Sarah Cohens biggest setback came at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin when she “only” managed to win the silver. Despite trying to return to Team U.S. for the third time in 2010, Cohen missed out and wasn’t sure what her next move would be. As a result, she retired from competitive skating. “I missed that crystal-clear sense of purpose and direction,” she said. “Once you leave the world of an elite athlete, that clarity is hard to find.”

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Since her figure skating years, Sasha Cohen has dabbled in acting, make appearances on shows such as CSI: NY, as well as the movie Blazing Saddles. She also worked as a guest correspondent at the Academy Awards. In 2016, she managed to get a degree in political science from Colombia University. In 2016, Cohen received the praise that was due when she was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Sadly, Sasha and her husband Tom are in the middle of getting divorced.

It was the 80s when Brian Boitano first made a name for himself as an elite figure skater. After becoming World Champion in both 1986 and 1988, he also took home the gold in the men’s singles at the Winter Olympics in Calgary. His rivalry with rival Brian Orser was known as the “Battle of the Brians.” Although he ended up turning professional, Boitano did return to competitive figure skating, taking part in the 1994 Winter Olympics. However, he only finished sixth that time around.

One of Boitano’s most notable career endeavors since going professional was his role in the Emmy Award-winning movie Carmen On Ice, which he ended up starring in alongside rival Brian Orser. In more recent times, he has had his own show on the Food Network – What Would Brian Boitano Eat? Then, in December 2013, after intense speculation surrounding his personal life, Boitano came out as gay to the public. He was inducted into the Figure Skating Halls of Fame in 1996.

Probably the most iconic figure skaters to come out of the United Kingdom, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, often referred to as “Torvill and Dean,” had one of the most illustrious careers of all time. Out of the 18 competitive medals they won, 16 of them were gold. Their 1984 Winter Olympic triumph is hailed as one of the greatest moments in the history of the sport, where they became the highest scoring figure skaters of all time, with twelve perfect 6.0s to their names.

Although their career came to a sour end when they won the bronze at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Torvill and Dean have remained ambassadors of the sport since their retirement. After touring with Stars on Ice, they went to Sarajevo in 2014 and recreated the Bolero, celebrating 30 years since their Olympic triumph. Despite their incredible story, the pair are not romantically involved, with Torvill happily married to husband Phil Christensen and Dean divorcing American skater Jill Trenary in 2010.

An absolute heroine back in her home country, Ukraine, Oksana Baiul was only 16 years old when she won the gold at 1994’s edition of the Winter Olympics, which was set in Lillehammer, Norway. It was a truly incredible time in figure skating, with legends such as Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan, and Katarina Witt all competing at the same time. However, the young Baiul beat all of them to the gold. She also became World Champion in the ladies’ singles in 1993.

Unfortunately, things weren’t so pleasant for Oksana Baiul after her triumphs as a teenager. The 90s saw the former figure skater deal with alcohol issues. Despite this, Baiul continued to perform in shows such as Cold as Ice. She has also appeared in reality TV shows such as the skating show Master of Champions. Baiul even had a role in season 13 of The Apprentice! Her most recent endeavor came in 2018 when she starred in the biopic about the Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie, aptly titled SONJA – Queen of Ice.

There is no denying that Rudy Galindo’s finest hour in figure skating came when he competed in the pairs with Kristi Yamaguchi. Together, the pair won both the 1988 World Junior Championships, as well as the 1989 and 1990 U.S. National Championships. However, the duo decided to go solo shortly after. Eventually, Galindo also reached the top of the men’s singles, triple jumping eight times to gold at the 1996 U.S. Championships. He has proven that he is a natural in both the singles and the pairs.

Galindo is one of the only competitors on this list to never have competed at the Olympics. However, he did make history when he became the first openly gay and Latino U.S. Champion. He also made a name for himself in professional shows. These days, the former skater works as a coach at his original rink in San Jose, bringing in the next generation of American talent. In 2000, Galindo shocked the sports industry when he admitted to being HIV positive.

One of the highlights of the 1998 Olympics was when French figure skater Surya Bonaly performed a one-bladed backflip, which made every single member of the audience drop their jaw. After believing the Olympic panel to have a racist bias during her performances, she executed the crazy move, which is actually illegal. To this day, she is the only figure skater to have ever performed such a move at the Olympics. Bonaly has one the French Championship a staggering nine times.

These days, Surya Bonaly does things a little more to the book. She has to, seeing that she is now coaching a new generation of figure skaters. She coaches in the town she lives in, in Minnesota. Not only is she focused on teaching the youth, she is also heavily involved in righteous causes and can consider herself a true activist. Bonaly is not just a vegetarian, she has also appeared in a variety of ads for PETA.

What makes Viktor Petrenko’s career so special is that he got to represent not one, but two countries. This is because he originally represented the Soviet Union, before it split up. This was followed by a period when he represented his country of origin, Ukraine. However, it was his time spent with the Unified team that saw him achieve the most success in his career. The pinnacle of which came in 1992 when Victor Petrenko took home the gold.

Viktor Petrenko hasn’t let his retirement from figure skating deter him from remaining involved with the sport. If anything, the Ukrainian is as passionate as ever, coaching numerous stars and even helping Oksana Baiul make a name for herself, who would go on to win the gold two years after Petrenko did. He has coached the likes of Johnny Weir, who won the championship three times, as well as stars such as Ukrainian Natalia Popova and Czech Michal Brezina.

Figure skater Nicole Bobek had a shaky time leading up to her Olympic outing. She was regarded as difficult to work with, having been coached unsuccessfully by eight different coaches. However, Scott Hamilton had good things to say about her. “She lights up the building like nobody else,” he said. Bobek ended up being in a powerful trio, alongside Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski, who were expected to clean up in 1998. However, things took a turn for the worst…

Shortly after her Olympic failure, Nicole Bobek was caught selling illicit substances. It was an all-time low for the figure skater. However, she was eventually given a second chance and has since made amends for her dark years. She now has a deep passion for performing at circuses. One of her most notable performances came in 2015 when she performed a hoop routine at a skating show hosted by Nancy Kerrigan. She also ended up marrying one of her co-performers.

As famous for sharing the same first name as the King of Rock n’ Roll as he was for his figure skating credentials, Elvis Stojko became the first athlete in his sport ever to achieve a quadruple-triple combo. The truth was that Stojko was a unique character in the world of figure skating, rocking heavy metal costumes, and performing aggressive moves. “I was ridiculed,” Stojko said. “I was told to get in touch with my feminine side. I said, ‘Buddy, I don’t have a feminine side.'”

To this day, Stojko still performs about 70 times per year. He has performed on many occasions with his wife, who is also a former figure skater. However, there is so much more to Stojko’s career than just skating. He has ventured into other hobbies such as go-kart racing and kung-fu. He even ended up on Broadway, playing Billy Flynn in the classic Chicago. Stojko is also scheduled to perform in the upcoming Canadian edition of Stars on Ice.

Despite the fact that pairs figure skating requires a certain level of intimacy that isn’t usually found in younger skaters, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner had a strong working connection from an early age. In 1979, the pair made history when they became the first U.S. champions in nearly two decades. However, tragedy would soon follow when Gardner suffered a terrible groin injury, shattering their dreams at the 1980 Winter Olympics. They were outright favorites to win the gold.

Despite their huge disappointment back in 1980, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner have remained close friends ever since. In fact, they recently celebrated 50 years of working together at the Ice Theater of New York. Nowadays, Babilonia coaches from time to time, while Gardner is not only a choreographer but has also starred in his own show Go Figure: The Randy Gardner Story. “Through all of it, it’s the friendship for me,” Babilonia said in an interview.

Frenchman Philippe Candeloro will be best remembered, not necessarily for what he did do, but what he didn’t. We’ll make things a little clearer. When Candeloro had an accident in one of his performances, it ended up looking like a neatly executed move. He spun around before slipping to his knees. It is now his signature move. The mishap didn’t seem to bother the skater so much though, especially after winning bronze at both the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics.

Ever since his skating career came to an end, Philippe Candeloro has turned to the world of news broadcasting and sports journalism. However, the former figure skater got into a bit of a controversial situation for what he called someone on live air. When he was watching Japanese figure skater Shizuka Arakawa performing, Candeloro said that the Olympic champion was worth “a bowl of rice.” After widespread uproar came flooding his way, he apologized for the remarks.

A World Champion at one stage in his career, Brian Orser will never fully get over the moment that he was overpowered by his biggest rival, Brian Boitano, in what many called the “Battle of the Brians.” He won the gold back in 1987 at the World Championships in Cincinnati and was also a silver medalist at both the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. However, in the two aforementioned competitions, he narrowly missed out on the gold, first to Scott Hamilton, and secondly, to Boitano.

Despite this age-long disappointment, Orser has managed to heal some of these wounds with his rejuvenated venture into the world of coaching. He has been touring for 17 years before he realized that he needed to grow up. In 2014, Orser’s determination to move forward paid off when he coached Japanese skater Yuzuru Hanyu to the gold at the Olympics. Back in 1998, Orser came out as gay and is currently in a relationship with Rajesh Tiwari, who directs the Brian Orser Foundation.

Not only did 15-year-old Tara Lipinski make a name for herself at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, but she also made history. The Philadelphia-born figure skater made jaws drop when she became the youngest ice skater ever to win gold at the Olympics. Not only that, but she also became the youngest athlete in any sport to win the gold. The achievements don’t stop there though. Lipinski also became the World Champion in 1997, as well as the Champions Series Final champion in both 1997 and 1998.

Just a couple of years after reaching the peak of her powers, Tara Lipinski left the competitive stage and started touring with shows such as Stars on Ice and Champions on Ice. Eventually, the former figure skater became a commentator on NBC, working alongside fellow athlete and best friend Johnny Weir. Lipinski and Weir have been credited with bringing the sport to a younger audience. In 2016, she became an executive producer for a future drama series on Hulu about figure skating.

The Chicago native Janet Lynn captured the hearts of millions of Americans when she took to the ice rink at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo. Although she only went home with the bronze, it was generally a fantastic time for Lynn, as she had also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Calgary the previous year. She has also been the U.S. national champion a staggering five times in her career! She also won the silver at the 1973 World Championships in Bratislava.

Soon after her Olympic endeavors, Janet Lynn made a smooth transition to professional skating, nailing a deal worth $1,455,000 with the Ice Follies. At one point, she was the highest paid female athlete on the planet. In recent times, Lynn has got in touch with her spiritual side, becoming a Christian motivational speaker and is heavily involved in a variety of conservative political initiatives. She has also appeared on TV, starring alongside John Curry in the made-for-TV The Snow Queen.

What makes Shizuka Arakawa special is that she is the first Japanese skater to take home the gold as a figure skater. Not only that, but she is also just the second figure skater from her country to walk away with any Olympic medal. The first was Midori Ito back in 1992, who won the silver. Arakawa struck gold at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund before winning her highest honor two years later at the Winter Olympics in Turin.

Another figure skater to make a smooth transition into professional skating, Shizuka Arakawa has done a lot of commentary work on Japanese TV. She has also stepped behind the camera, creating her own show by the name of Friends on Ice. Arakawa took part in the ABC series Thin Ice, skating alongside the Olympic silver medallist Stephane Lambiel. She received a huge honor when she carried the Olympic torch during the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Three years after winning the World Championship in 2002, Irina Slutskaya did exactly the same thing in her home city of Moscow! Slutskaya is one of the most decorated Russian figure skaters of all time with two Olympic medals to her name, six World Championship medal, nine European Championship medals and nine medals from the Grand Prix Final! A staggering 14 of all the medals she has accumulated over the years are gold! She is also the first female to perform a triple lutz-triple loop combo!

Although she had an opportunity to perform for the Champions on Ice, Irina Slutskaya decided to return to Russia from the U.S. Back in her home country, she has hosted a variety of reality shows such as Stars on Ice and Ice Age. A few years later, she starred in a Russian soap opera about figure skating called Hot Ice. When the Winter Olympics took place in Sochi in 2014, Slutskaya acted as an ambassador. She is married to Sergei Mikheev.

A 1994 Olympic Champion, Urmanov began his career in 1977. However, he didn’t win any medals until the early ‘90s, when he was still representing the Soviet Union, winning a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in 1990.

He competed in the Winter Olympics in 1992, and won fifth place. Earlier, in the 1993 World Championships, he won a bronze medal. At the 1984 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal.

Urmanov retired from skating in 1999. In 2001, his partner, Viktoria gave birth to twins. Three years later, in 2004, the couple married. He works as a coach and as an International Skating Union technical specialist.

Until 2014, he used to live in St. Petesberug, but he later moved to Sochi so that he could work at the Iceberg Skating Palace. From time to time, Urmanov holds summer camps and clinics in various locations in Europe, including France and Sweden.

Browning is a renowned former Candian ice skater. He is a four-time world champion, but he never brought Olympic gold home with him. He represented Canada during three Winter Olympics, in 1988, 1992, and 1994.

He even got the honor of carrying the Canadian flag during the 1994 Winter Olympics, which took place in Lillehammer, Norway. In 1988, during the World Championships in Budapest, Hungry, he performed a quadruple jump, which landed him a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

Over the years, Browning was also heavily involved in choreography. One of his iconic programs (he regularly appears on TV), was Singing in the Rain. In the program, Browning emulates Gene Kelly, except that he does that on ice.

Although this program appeared in 1994, it is still asked to be performed to this day. Browning has also choreographed programs for numerous stars, including Kevin Alves, Brian Joubert, and Yuka Sato, just to name a few.

Richard “Dick” Button is a former American figure skater. He is famous for inventing the “flying camel spin” which was originally known as the “Button Spin,” named after him. He was a two-time Olympic champion, in 1948 and 1952, respectively.

What’s more, he was a five-time World Champion, between 1948 to 1952. Button was also the first skater to have performed the double Axel jump in competition in 1948, which is no simple feat!

In 1952, Button retired from skating championships because he was admitted to Harvard Law school. Four years later, in 1956, he was awarded his law degree. He was admitted to the bar that same year in Washington D.C.

During his time at Harvard, Button kept skating, and he signed up with the Ice Capades. Button remained involved in skating in the decades that followed. He appeared on television as well, as he created various sports-related shows, including World Professional Figure Skating Championships and Challenge of Champions.

Chan is a former competitive Canadian figure skater. He won his Olympic gold medal in 2018, and his silver medal in 2014. Chan is also a three-time world champion, earning his titles in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

His skating style was known for artistry and elegance. He contributed a lot to the sport, improving his skating style from season to season. He also helped lots of skaters, improving their performance tremendously.

In 2018, Chan participated in his last Olympic event, in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He announced shortly after that he would retire from Olympic skating. This doesn’t mean that Chan stopped skating altogether, as he still participates in figure skating tours in Canada.

Unfortunately, in December he sustained a major knee injury in a skiing incident. Two years later, in 2020, Chan has become an Olympic Committee ambassador. He is considered to be one of the greatest Canadian male skaters of all time.

This pair of Canadian figure skaters became the first North Americans to win an Olympic gold medal in ice dancing in 2010, during the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Eight years later, in 2018, the pair won another gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Interestingly enough, the pair began skating together from a very young age, when Virtue was nine and Moir was seven. It was Moir’s aunt, also a professional skater, who introduced the two.

After 22 years of skating together, the pair retired from competitive skating, in September 2019. Unlike during their time as skaters, the two went separate ways. They do keep in touch, however.

Tessa has always been interested in fashion, and so she began modeling for a clothing brand, called RW&Co. Scott, however, refused to give up on his passion. He started working as a head coach and managing director of the Ice Academy of Montreal.

Dimitriev is a former Russian pair skater, known to have won the Olympics with two different partners. He won a gold medal with Natalia Mishkutionok in 1992 and with Oksana Kazakova in 1998.

In 1994, together with Mishkutionok, he won a silver medal as well. Dimitriev began skating in 1975, and represented the Soviet Union until its collapse, winning the World Figure Skating Championships and the European Championships in 1991 and 1992, together with Mishkutionok.

Although Dimitriev’s skating partner Mishkutionok decided to retire from competition in 1994, Dimitriev remained true to his passion. In February 1995, he found a new skating partner, Oksana Kazakova.

In 1996, They won the European Championships and earned a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. In 1998, Dimitriev and his new partner won the Olympic title in Nagano, Japan. Dinitriev retired from Olympic skating in 1999. He has been coaching skaters since, in Moscow.

Despite her young age and a relatively short skating career, Medvedeva has a lot to show off. A two-time 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time world champion, in 2016 and in 2017, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, in 2015 and 2016, Medvedeva was defiantly considered a rising star.

Her long list of achievements is probably due to the fact that she has been skating since she was 3-years-old.

Medvedev’s promising skating career was cut short in December 2021, when she announced that due to a chronic back injury she is forced to retire from competitive skating. During the short span of her career, Medvedeva made a name for herself.

She has set the world record score 13 times and became the first female skater to surpass the various skating marks. In the 2022 Winter Olympics, however, Medvedeva was spotted with her training partner Jason Brown.

Hanyu is a still active Japanese figure skater. But, don’t let his young age fool you. He has already made a name for himself, since he is a two-time Olympic champion, earning medals in 2014 and 2018, respectively. Hanyu is also a two-time world champion, earning his titles in 2014 and 2017.

Hanyu is also a six-time Japanese National champion, earning this title between 2012 to 2015 and between 2020 to 2021.

In the 2022 Winter Olympics, which took place in Beijing, Hanyu performed rather poorly. He missed his opening quadruple Salchow jump due to a hole in the ice and was placed eighth.

And if that wasn’t enough, when doing the free skate, he fell twice in his first two opening jumps. Apparently, his bad performance during the free skate was due to the fact that he re-injured his ankle, and decided to take painkillers instead of withdrawing.

The two were more than just partners. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were also married to each other. Gordeeva was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion in 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1990, in pair skating, respectively.

After Grinkov’s death, Gordeeva continued performing as a singles skater. Her husband, Grinkov died in 1995 from a massive heart attack in Lake Placid, New York, while the two were actually preparing for a competition.

Despite her husband’s early demise, Gordeeva didn’t let his passing affect her skating career. She returned to the rink in 1996, only a year after the unfortunate event. She returned to the ice as a solo performer.

In 2002, Gordeeva married the 1998 Olympic men’s singles champion, Ilia Kulik, in San Fransico. Between 2008 to 2009 she briefly returned to pair skating. Gordeeva focuses on skating and choreography today. She is a member of a coaching team in West Edmonton Mall.

Illia Kuilk is a Russian figure skater. He has earned many awards during his career, including the 1998 Olympic Champion, the 1995 European Champion, the 1997–1998 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 1995 World Junior champion.

Kulik began skating when he was five years old. He became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions, earning the Olympic title at the age of 20 and 267 days. He missed the European Championships in 1998, however, due to back problems.

In 1998, due to a chronic back problem, Kulik was forced to retire from competitive skating. Instead, he focused on performing in shows, including Stars on Ice, Ice All Stars, and Festa On Ice.

In 2002, he married former Olympian figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva. In 2012, the pair opened a skating rink in Lake Forest, California. Kulik briefly tried his hand at acting, participating in the 2000s ballet-themed movie Center Stage.

A four-time Olympic medalist, Pluenshko is one of Russia’s most prominent figure skaters. He is a three-time World champion, a seven-time European champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion, and a ten-time Russian national champion.

Winning a total record number of 22 Grand Prix titles, Plushenko is considered one of the greatest skaters in history. He started skating when he was 4, only because his mother wanted him to become more physically active.

Between 2006 to 2008, it seemed like Plushenko will not go back to skating. However, it was only a short hiatus, which was much needed, given the fact that Plushenko batted old knee injures.

For the next ten years more or less, Plusheknko was very active, participating in various competitions and earning various titles. In 2014, however, Plushenko decided to withdraw from men’s single competitions due to a back injury. He hasn’t returned to professional competition since.

Savchenko is one of the most decorated pair skaters of our time. She is the 2018 Olympic Champion, a two-time Olympic bronze medalist, a six-time World Champion, a four-time European Champion, and a five-time Grand Prix Final champion.

She first represented Ukraine and then Germany. She began skating when she was five years old, after watching it on television. At the age of 13, she turn to pair skating, citing the fact that she enjoyed the acrobatics involved.

Savchenko has been dividing her career between representing Ukraine and Germany over the last 15 years. Originally, she represented Ukraine with Dmitri Boyenko and later with Stanislav Morozov.

With Morozov, she was the 2000 World Junior champion, the 1999–2000 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time Ukrainian national champion. In 2003, after a successful tour, she relocated to Germany. In June 2021, Savchenko announced that she will be moving to the United States to pursue her competitive career.

Yagudin is a former Russian figure skater. He is the 2002 Olympic champion, a four-time World champion, a three-time European champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, and the 1996 World Junior champion.

He is the only skater to have achieved a Golden Slam, which is a victory in all major championships. Yagudin was introduced to skating when he was four years old, by his mother. The young Yagudin showed talent and promise from a very early age.

In 2002, after a marvelous performance during that year’s Skate America competition, Yagudin announced his retirement from professional skating. This was due to the fact that he was diagnosed with a congenital hip disorder.

Yagudin has mainly worked as a show host, actor, and figure skating commentator. In 2019, the Russian former skater got his own TV show called Ice Is Melting with Alexei Yagudin, in which he holds interviews with various athletes.

One of the most beloved figure skating pairs in recent memory, there seems to be nothing that Meryl Davis and Charlie White can’t achieve. Together, the pair have won Olympic gold and have also been World Champions on two separate occasions. They are the first American pair to have won both the Olympic gold and the World Championship. That’s not all though. Amazingly, Davis and White are the longest lasting pair to come out of the States.

Naturally, Meryl Davis and Charlie White still perform together professionally. However, they announced to the public in 2017 that they were not planning on returning to competitive figure skating. Despite being attached to the hip, Davis and White are not romantically involved and have healthy relationships with other people. In 2017, Davis got engaged to retired figure skater Fedor Andreev after dating for six years. White, on the other hand, has been married to Tanith Belbin since 2015.

Long before Shizuka Arakawa was waving the flag for Japan, Midori Ito was breaking all sorts of records herself. The Nagoya native made history when she became the first female ever to land seven successful triple jumps in one competition. That’s not all though. Not only did Ito win the 1989 World Championships but would go on to win the silver at the Winter Olympics three years later. She is also prolific in the NHK, winning six gold medals.

Ever since her competitive career came to an end in the mid-90s, Midori Ito has kept herself busy in a variety of ways. In 1998, she lit the Olympic torch at the start of the Winter Olympics in Nagano. However, Ito ended up making a comeback to competitive figure skating in 2011. For two consecutive years, Ito reached second place in the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition. In 2003, Ito was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

Just before the turn of the Millenium, Michelle Kwan was quickly becoming the new the star of U.S. figure skating. She made her Olympic debut at just 18 years of age, with a silver in the 1998 tournament. She also won the bronze in 2002. However, it is her five World Championships that have developed her into one of the most successful competitors in the history of American figure skating. Everything came to a standstill though after she had a severe injury in 2006.

After the injury in 2006, Michelle Kwan decided to dedicate some time to her education. She ended up studying at both the University of Denver and Tufts University before becoming a coordinator for the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. Since then, Kwan has worked for the U.S. Department of State’s Education and Cultural Affairs Bureau. She has also had an eventful personal life, marrying White House National Security Staff member Clay Pell. However, the couple recently divorced in 2017.

One of the most iconic names in the world of figure skating, Nancy Kerrigan is probably best remembered for being attacked by someone hired by the ex-husband of her fellow figure skating rival, Tonya Harding. After rising to fame at the 1991 World Championships, Kerrigan went on to win the silver three years later at the Olympics in Lillehammer. It will surely go down as one of the most bizarre moments in sporting history. But where is Nancy nowadays?

Fortunately, Nancy Kerrigan hasn’t had too much drama in her life since the attack. Not only has she made appearances in movies such as Blades of Glory, but Kerrigan also took part in Season 24 of Dancing with the Stars. In recent times, she has been an executive producer of the documentary Why Not Lose 5 Pounds? Then, in 2018, Kerrigan became the Super Bowl correspondent for Inside Edition. Her most recent TV show appearance came on hit sitcom Fresh Off The Boat.

One of the most intriguing personalities in the world of figure skating, Tonya Harding burst onto the scene in 1991 like her rival, Nancy Kerrigan. Harding made history when she became the first female skater from the States to perform a triple axel jump. However, it was the attack on Nancy Kerrigan that ultimately affected her career. Harding was banned from competing in the U.S. Figure Skating Association. However, this doesn’t mean that her story is over just yet…

Soon after her skating career came to an end, Harding turned to professional boxing. This, however, was fairly short-lived, with Harding winning three of her matches and losing the other three. She is currently married to Joseph Price and the couple had a son in 2011. In recent times, she has been working as a painter and a deck builder. However, her story has once again become mainstream ever since Margot Robbie portrayed her in the critically-acclaimed biopic I, Tonya.