1998 — Tara Lipinski, 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating champion, beating fellow teen and U.S. teammate Michelle Kwan to take the gold. Lipinski is two months younger than Sonja Henie ...
Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.
Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara ...
Tara Lipinski commemorated the anniversary of her 1998 Winter Olympics victory with a sweet Instagram tribute to her daughter Georgie.
One of figure skating's greatest legends has died. Dick Button, 95, the golden boy who began it all by revolutionizing the sport, passed away on January 31, 2025.
“The two-time Olympic champion’s pioneering style and award-winning television commentary revolutionized figure skating,” U.S. Figure Skating said. “His legacy will live on foreve ...
Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in figure skating and one the sport's great innovators, dies at the age of 95.
Cha Jun-hwan and Kim Chae-yeon, the two figure skating gold medalists at the recent Asian Winter Games in China, said Tuesday ...
Champion figure skaters are coming together for a tribute show called "Legacy on Ice" to honor the victims of the American ...
The history of the Skating Club of Boston is the history of American figure skating. In good times and in bad.
Winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, Button helped skating become the showpiece of ...
By Deborah Wilker Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in competition, then spun TV ratings gold with his pithy ...