Tara Lipinski

Tara Lipinski
Lipinski at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Born	Tara Kristen Lipinski (1982-06-10) June 10, 1982 (age 42) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations	Figure skater Actress Sports commentator Film producer
Spouse	Todd Kapostasy ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	1
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Discipline	Women's singles
Began skating	1988
Competitive	1993–1998
Professional	1998–2002
Retired	2002
Medal record
Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Singles World Championships 1997 Lausanne Singles Grand Prix Final 1996–1997 Hamilton Singles 1997–1998 Munich Singles

Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American former competitive figure skater, actress, sports commentator, and documentary film producer. A former competitor in women's singles, she is the 1998 Olympic champion, the 1997 World champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997–1998) and the 1997 U.S. national champion. Until 2019, she was the youngest single skater to win a U.S. Nationals and the youngest to become an Olympic and World champion in figure skating history. She is the first woman to complete a triple loop-triple loop combination, her signature jump element, in competition. Starting in 1997, Lipinski had a rivalry with fellow skater Michelle Kwan, which was played up by the American press, and culminated when Lipinski won the gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano.

Lipinski retired from competitive figure skating in 1998. She won every competition she entered during her professional career and was the youngest skater to win the World Professional Figure Skating Championships. She performed in live shows before retiring from figure skating in 2002. Lipinski, along with sports commentator Terry Gannon and fellow figure skater and good friend Johnny Weir, became NBC's primary figure skating commentators in 2014.