Tonya Harding

Tonya Harding in 2006
Personal Info
Country:	United States
Date of birth:	November 12, 1970 (1970-11-12) (age 37)
Residence:	Clark County, Washington, United States
Height:	154.9 cm (5'1")
Coach:	Diane Rawlinson
ISU Personal Best Scores

Tonya Maxine Harding (born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater and celebrity. Despite a tough childhood in an unstable family, as well as being plagued by asthma, she became an elite figure skater. She won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and placed second in the 1991 World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition.

She became notorious for her part in the conspiracy to harm competitor Nancy Kerrigan at a practice session during the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.