Tara Lipinski, Oksana Baiul, Kristi Yamaguchi and Brian Boitano are among the most accomplished figure skaters in Olympics history. Following in the footsteps of the sport's first true superstar, Sonja Henie, as well as predecessors Dorothy Hamill and Peggy Fleming, Baiul, Lipinski and other skating icons helped make figure skating one of the most prestigious and glamorous sports in the Winter Olympics. Lipinski and male figure skater Johnny Weir once described the sport as "the diamond in the tiara of the Winter Olympics" since its competitors became "household names because they were winning, they were on TV." "The perception of skating was different," Lipinski told Vox in 2018. "It had a little more glitz and glamor, it appealed to all ages." Keep scrolling for a look at where gold medal winners are now.
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Where Are Oksana Baiul and More Olympic Figure Skating Gold Medalists Now?
January 7, 2026
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