Posted
on July 12, 2013
She
won Olympic Gold for the US in one of the most popular events of the
Winter Olympics: women's figure skating. Of course, she also won some
other titles, including World Figure Skating Champion and U.S. Figure
Skating Champion!
Oh!
And, does becoming the winner of the TV show Dancing with the Stars
count?
Born
in California in 1971, Kristi Yamaguchi is a third-generation
American whose grandparents and great-grandparents immigrated from
Japan. She was born with club feet, so naturally she became a skater!
Actually,
it is perhaps surprising that a girl with club feet had such an amazing skating career, but
Yamaguchi's mom put her in ballet and skating lessons as physical
therapy for the problem, so it was at least a tiny factor in her success!
Here
is Yamaguchi's Olympic performance.
Learn
more about figure skating at Kidz World.
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