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Tiffany Chin (Traditional Chinese: 陳婷婷, Simplified Chinese: 陈婷婷 pinyin: Chén Tíngtíng , b. October 3, 1967) is an American figure skater who grew up in San Diego, California. She dominated the junior circuit in ice skating prior to her Olympic career. Chin made the United States Winter Olympic team in 1984 where she finished fourth at Sarajevo. Her coaches include Frank Carroll, John Nicks, Don Laws and Janet Champion. Her competitive career was ended prematurely due to a muscle imbalance affecting her legs, arms, and hips. Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: æ£é«”å—/ç¹é«”å—, Simplified Chinese: æ£ä½“å—/ç¹ä½“å—) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ... This article is about the year. ... Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Coordinates: , Country Entity Canton Sarajevo Canton Government - Mayor Semiha Borovac (SDA) Area [1] - City 141. ... Frank Carroll is an American figure skating coach. ... John Allen Wisden Nicks (born April 22, 1929) is a British figure skating coach and former pair skater. ... Don Laws is an American figure skater and coach. ...

After her amateur skating career ended, Chin became a coach for ice skaters, including Beatrisa Liang. Liang left Chin when Chin took some time off from coaching because she was expecting a child. Beatrisa Bebe Liang (born March 31, 1988 in Tarzana, California), is an American figure skater. ...

Competitive highlights

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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 C. 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: * | 1995: Nicole Bobek | 1996: Michelle Kwan | 1997: Tara Lipinski | 1998-2005: Michelle Kwan | 2006: Sasha Cohen | 2007: Kimmie Meissner
*Title stripped from Tonya Harding The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an annual event put on by the United States Figure Skating Association. ... Theresa Weld Blanchard (born August 21, 1893 in Brookline, MA; died March 12, 1978 in Brookline) was an American figure skater. ... Rosemary Beresford (born 1898) was an American figure skater. ... Theresa Weld Blanchard (born August 21, 1893 in Brookline, MA; died March 12, 1978 in Brookline) was an American figure skater. ... Beatrix S. Loughran (born June 30, 1900 in New York, NY; died Dec 7, 1975) is an American figure skater. ... Maribel Yerxa Vinson-Owen, born October 12, 1911 - died February 15, 1961, was an American figure skating champion and one of her countrys top figure skating instructors. ... Suzanne Davis (born 1912 in Boston; died July 28, 1991 in Richmond, Virginia) was an American figure skater who competed in ladies singles. ... Maribel Yerxa Vinson-Owen, born October 12, 1911 - died February 15, 1961, was an American figure skating champion and one of her countrys top figure skating instructors. ... Gretchen Merrill (born?, died April, 1965 in Windsor, Connecticut[1]) was an American figure skater. ... Yvonne C. Sherman Tutt (born May 3, 1930; died February 2, 2005 in Colorado Springs, CO) was an American figure skater. ... Sonya Klopfer Dunfield is an American figure skater. ... Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. (born July 18, 1935 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts) became the first American female skater to win a figure skating Olympic gold medal, at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy. ... Carol Heiss competes at the 1960 United States Figure Skating Championships Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins (born January 20, 1940 in New York, NY) is an American figure skater. ... Laurence Richon Owen, born May 9, 1944 â€“ died February 15, 1961, was a North American ladies figure skating champion. ... Barbara Ann Roles Competitive Highlights 1959 U.S Championships - 3rd 1960 U.S Championships - 2nd Olympics - 3rd World Championships - 3rd 1962 U.S Championships - 1st Categories: | ... Lorraine Hanlon was an American figure skater who competed in ladies singles. ... Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948 in San Jose, California) is an American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in 1968. ... Janet Lynn Nowicki, known athletically as Janet Lynn, is a skater and an Olympic bronze medalist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Linda Fratianne (born August 2, 1960 in Los Angeles-Northridge, California, USA) was an American Olympic figure skater, who won four consecutive U.S. Championships (1977-1980). ... Zayak on the podium at the 1982 World Championships. ... Rosalynn Sumners (born April 20, 1964) is an American ladies singles figure skater. ... Dr. Debi Thomas (born March 25, 1967) was a figure skater and was the first African American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. ... Trenary at the 1990 U.S. Championships. ... Dr. Debi Thomas (born March 25, 1967) was a figure skater and was the first African American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. ... Trenary at the 1990 U.S. Championships. ... Tonya Harding performs a triple axel jump at the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. ... Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American figure skater. ... Nancy Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969 in Stoneham, Massachusetts) is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion. ... Nicole Bobeck (born December 24, 1975) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia is a American figure skater. ... Michelle Wing Kwan (é—œç©ŽçŠ) (born 7 July 1980) is an American figure skater and media celebrity who has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. ... Tara Kristen Lipinski (b. ... Michelle Wing Kwan (é—œç©ŽçŠ) (born 7 July 1980) is an American figure skater and media celebrity who has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. ... This article is about the figure skater. ... Kimberly Claire Kimmie Meissner (born October 4, 1989 in Towson, Maryland) is an American figure skater. ... Tonya Harding performs a triple axel jump at the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. ...

World Junior champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

1976: Suzie Brasher | 1977: Carolyn Skoczen | 1978: Jill Sawyer | 1979: Elaine Zayak | 1980: Rosalynn Sumners | 1981: Tiffany Chin | 1982: Janina Wirth | 1983: Simone Koch | 1984: Karin Hendschke | 1985: Tatiana Andreeva | 1986: Natalia Gorbenko | 1987: Cindy Bortz | 1988: Kristi Yamaguchi | 1989: Jessica Mills | 1990: Yuka Sato | 1991: Surya Bonaly | 1992: Laetitia Hubert | 1993: Kumiko Koiwai | 1994: Michelle Kwan | 1995: Irina Slutskaya | 1996: Elena Ivanova | 1997: Sydne Vogel | 1998: Julia Soldatova | 1999: Daria Timoshenko | 2000: Jennifer Kirk | 2001: Kristina Oblasova | 2002: Ann Patrice McDonough | 2003: Yukina Ota | 2004: Miki Ando | 2005: Mao Asada | 2006: Kim Yu-Na | 2007: Caroline Zhang The World Junior Figure Skating Championships (official nickname: World Juniors; commonly: Junior Worlds) is an annual event sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion. ... Suzie Brasher is a former American figure skater. ... Carolyn Skoczen is a former Canadian figure skater. ... Jill Sawyer is a former American figure skater. ... Zayak on the podium at the 1982 World Championships. ... Rosalynn Sumners (born April 20, 1964) is an American ladies singles figure skater. ... Janina Wirth (born 1968) is a former East-German figur skater. ... Simone Koch (born October 25, 1969 in Dresden) is a German figure skater. ... Karin Hendschke married Raddatz is a former East-German figur skater. ... Tatiana Andreeva is a former Soviet figure skater. ... Natalia Gorbenko is a former Soviet figure skater. ... Cindy Bortz is a former American figure skater. ... Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American figure skater. ... Jessica Mills is a former American figure skater. ... Yuka Sato Yuka Sato (ä½è—¤æœ‰é¦™; SatÅ YÅ«ka, born February 14, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. ... Surya Bonaly Surya Bonaly (born December 15, 1973) is a French professional figure skater, born in Nice, France. ... Born June 23, 1974 in Paris, France Competitive Highlights 1990 World Championships - 20th 1992 Olympics - 12th 1994 Olympics - 17th 1998 French Championships - 1st Olympics - 20th World Championships - 4th 1999 French Championships - 1st 2001 French Championships - 2nd World Championships - 17th 2002 French Championships - 2nd European Championships - 8th Olympics - 12th World Championships... Kumiko Koiwai is a former figure skater from Japan. ... Michelle Wing Kwan (é—œç©ŽçŠ) (born 7 July 1980) is an American figure skater and media celebrity who has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. ... Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Russian: ), born February 9, 1979 in Moscow, Russia is a Russian figure skater. ... Elena Ivanova is a Russian figure skater. ... Sydne Vogel is a former American figure skater. ... Julia Soldatova (Born March 17th, 1981) is a Russian figure skater. ... Daria Timoshenko is an Azerbaijani figure skater. ... Jennifer Anne Jenny Kirk (born August 15, 1984) is an American figure skater. ... Kristina Oblasova is a Russian figure skater. ... Ann Patrice McDonough is a former American competitive figure skater. ... Yukina Ota (å¤ªç”°ç”±å¸Œå¥ˆ, Ota Yukina; born November 26, 1986) is a Japanese figure skater. ... Miki Ando (Japanese: , AndÅ Miki) (born on December 18, 1987 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater, and the 2007 World Figure Skating Champion. ... Mao Asada , born 25 September 1990 in Nagoya) is a Japanese figure skater. ... This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim Kim Yu-Na (born September 5, 1990 in Gunpo, South Korea), is a South Korean figure skater. ... Caroline Zhao Zhang (Chinese: ; born May 20, 1993 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American figure skater. ...