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Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi is an American former competitive figure skater and author. A former competitor in women's singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion , and the 1992 U.S. champion. In 1992, she became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic competition. As a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo, she is the 1988 World Junior champion and a two-time national champion .

After Yamaguchi retired from competition in 1992, she performed in shows and participated in the professional competition circuit. She won the World Professional Figure Skating Championships four times in her career . In 2005, Yamaguchi was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, and in 2008, she became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars.

Yamaguchi is an author and has published five books. Dream Big, Little Pig!, for which she received the Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award, appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. July 1971
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Famous Kristi Yamaguchi Quotes

“The reward of putting a smile on a child’s face, who has to deal with so many challenges in life, is just beyond words. It's incredible.”

Kristi Yamaguchi

"Kristi Yamaguchi: My Life After Figure Skating" in ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/kristi-yamaguchi-life-figure-skating/story?id=29556805 (12 March 2015)

“Winning the gold opened up a lot of opportunities, other challenges that I wanted to take on and do in my life.”

Kristi Yamaguchi

"Kristi Yamaguchi is still winning" in USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/weekend/2014/01/31/kristi-yamaguchi-is-still-winning/5065529/ (31 January 2014)

“Looking back, it's like, wow, those few minutes just made such an impact. We have that much time to kind of prove yourself. I think that's one thing that makes skating so exciting, because it's just intense, and it's quick, and one little slip can mean the difference between placing or not placing.”

Kristi Yamaguchi

"Kristi Yamaguchi looks back on 1992 Olympic gold, talks Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan" in TODAY https://www.today.com/news/kristi-yamaguchi-looks-back-1992-olympic-gold-talks-tonya-harding-t122373 (6 February 2018)

“Now is really the time to raise more awareness of what’s going on and to demand that things change. This younger generation is not afraid to speak out, I think they’ve given a lot of us courage to really stand up to what’s right, and I think that’s what we need to follow”

Kristi Yamaguchi

"Kristi Yamaguchi: 'The entire Asian American community is on alert'" in The Hill https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/543818-kristi-yamaguchi-the-entire-asian-american-community-is-on

“Even as an athlete, I am constantly inspired and awed by the stories of Olympians. I was honored to have been asked to exchange ideas in the first charrette.”

Kristi Yamaguchi

"Kristi Yamaguchi Interview" in United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum https://usopm.org/kristi-yamaguchi-interview/

“I’d never skated just to win a gold medal before; I’d never put that kind of pressure on myself.”

Kristi Yamaguchi

"Kristi Yamaguchi, Unlaced" in Shondaland https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a14436692/kristi-yamaguchi-interview/ (3 January 2018)

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