Michelle Kwan

Michelle Kwan
Personal information
Full name	Michelle Wingshan Kwan
Country represented	United States
Born	(1980-07-07) July 7, 1980 Torrance, California, U.S.
Residence	Rhode Island, U.S.
Height	5 ft 2 in
Skating club	Los Angeles FSC
Retired	2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	175.20 2005 Worlds
Short program	61.22 2005 Worlds
Free skate	113.98 2005 Worlds
Medal record Ladies' Singles Figure skating Representing the United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 World Championships 5 3 1 Grand Prix Final 1 4 0 World Junior Championships 1 0 0 Total 7 8 2

Michelle Kwan (born July 7, 1980) is a retired American figure skater. She has won five world championships and nine U.S. championships.

Birth and childhood

Michelle Kwan was born on July 7, 1980, in Torrance, California. Kwan showed interest in figure stating when she followed Ron and Karen, her brother and sister, onto the ice, saying that all she could remember was "every day, tying up my skates and a big smile on my face, excited to go on the ice". She attended public school until eighth grade, when she began being homeschooled in 1994.

Junior world champion

Kwan won the world junior championship in 1994. The same year, at the age of 13, she came in the top 10 in the world senior championship. She became world champion in 1996, when she was 15.

Olympics

• World Championships: first place in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003
• Olympics: 1998 - silver; 2002 - bronze
• U.S. Championships: first place in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Other websites

• Media related to Michelle Kwan at Wikimedia Commons
• Quotations related to Michelle Kwan at Wikiquote
• United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA) Athlete Biography
• International Skating Union (ISU) Skater Biography Archived 2005-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
• US Olympic Committee Biography
• Michelle Kwan Fan Site (1) Archived 2019-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Michelle Kwan Fan Site (2)