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Nancy Ann Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion.
Kerrigan was born in Woburn, Massachusetts to Daniel Kerrigan and Brenda M. (Schultz) Kerrigan. She began ice skating at age six at the local rink in her hometown of Stoneham, Massachusetts. Her two older brothers, Michael and Mark, played hockey, but hockey was not considered an appropriate activity for girls at that time so she took up figure skating instead. She did not start private lessons until age eight, and won her first figure skating medal at age nine.
The Kerrigan family was of modest means. Kerrigan's father, a welder, sometimes worked three jobs to fund her skating career, and also drove the ice resurfacer at the local rink in exchange for lessons.
Kerrigan was coached by Theresa Martin until she was 16, then after a brief period with Denise Morrissey began working with Evy and Mary Scotvold. They remained her coaches through the rest of her competitive career.
Tonya Maxene Harding (born November 12, 1970) is an American figure skating champion, a two-time Olympian, and a two-time Skate America Champion. In 1991 she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition. She became notorious after her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, conspired with Shawn Eckhardt and Shane Stant to physically assault her skating competitor Nancy Kerrigan at a practice session during the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. (Stant carried out the assault as planned.)
Harding was born in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of LaVona and Al Harding. She had a half-brother, Chris Davison (deceased). Her father had health problems that sometimes made him unable to work. She claims that her mother sexually abused her, a claim her mother denies. She began skating at an early age under the direction of the late Sylvia Harpolscheimer. She landed her first triple lutz at age 12. Her mother made many of her skating costumes.
Actors: Lilyan Chauvin (actress), Steve Eastin (actor), Skates Naiman (miscellaneous crew), Robert Pine (actor), Michael Cavanaugh (actor), Ellen Geer (actress), Dennis McCarthy (composer), Susan Clark (actress), Ryal Haakenson (actor), Dennis Boutsikaris (actor), Jack Shearer (actor), Dan Schneider (actor), James Wilder (actor), Terry Blythe (editor), Lynn Raynor (producer),
Plot: Based on the true story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, rivals for the USA Olympic Ice Skating team. When Kerrigan is savagely attacked, people begin to wonder if the intense rivalry between the two was motivation for someone.
Keywords: based-on-true-story, competition, ice-skating, olympic-games, winter-olympicsActors: Brent Shields (producer), Richard Welsh (producer), Robert Halmi Sr. (producer), Miguel Ferrer (actor), Ray Quiroz (miscellaneous crew), Oksana Baiul (actress), Charles Jarrott (director), Monica Keena (actress), Helen P. Butler (costume designer), Phil Nardozzi (actor), Ray Cervenak (miscellaneous crew), Susanna Thompson (actress), Peggy McIntaggart (actress), Diana Osberg (miscellaneous crew), Harold Surratt (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport,Actors: Bob Golden (composer), Tina Yothers (actress), Tom Shillue (actor), Michael C. McCarthy (writer), Andrew Shuster (actor), Jennifer Dell (actress), Sam Carrell (actress),
Plot: Comedy Central's five minute short that played during the 1994 Olympic games. Tina Yothers plays Tonya Harding, who is portrayed as a misunderstood skater, but likeable for her spunk. Nancy Kerrigan decides she needs to do something to benefit herself in the headlines. So she plans an attack on herself and pins Harding as the mastermind behind it. Will this accusation dim Tonya's spunk as the Olympics approach?
Keywords: cable-show, ice-skating, olympic-games, winter-olympics