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Tonya Maxene Price (née Harding; born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater, retired boxer, and reality television personality. Born in Portland, Oregon, Harding was raised by her mother, who enrolled her in ice skating lessons when Tonya was 3 years old.
Apr 2, 2014 · Tonya Harding is an American figure skater who ruined her future in the sport when she was implicated in the attack on fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Winter Olympic trials.
Jan 18, 2022 · Tonya Harding was the ice-skating darling of the United States in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Her praises rang from coast to coast after the Oregon native became the first American – and the second woman in history – to successfully land a triple Axel in competition.
Tonya Harding was a singles skater who is probably the most controversial figure skater in American history. Unlike most figure skaters, Harding was from a poor family, decidedly from the wrong side of the figure skating tracks.
On January 6, 1994, Nancy Kerrigan, an American figure skater, was struck on the lower right thigh with a baton by assailant Shane Stant as she walked down a corridor in Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Kerrigan had been practicing skating on an ice rink in the arena shortly beforehand.
Nov 10, 2022 · It was the sports scandal that rocked the world. Seven weeks before the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, Tonya Harding 's skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan, was clubbed on the knee by an assailant ...
Dec 3, 2021 · Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan: A Complete Timeline of Kerrigan's Attack and Aftermath. The orchestrated assault on the figure skater was called "the whack heard around the world." By...
