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Nancy Kerrigan

1969 - Today

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Nancy Ann Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is an American former figure skater. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 1992 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, as well as the 1993 US National Figure Skating Championship. Kerrigan was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004. On January 6, 1994, an assailant used a police baton to strike Kerrigan on her landing knee; the attacker was hired by Jeff Gillooly, then-husband of her rival Tonya Harding. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Kerrigan is the 99th most popular skater (down from 32nd in 2019), the 8,791st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,170th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Nancy Kerrigan ranks 99 out of 483. Before her are Alexei Ulanov, Alexander Hurd, Vera Ralston, Hana Mašková, Yuna Kim, and Sissy Schwarz. After her are Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev, Aleksandr Gorshkov, Paul Falk, Carol Heiss, Sten Stensen, and Jeanne Ashworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Nancy Kerrigan ranks 293. Before her are Toby Stephens, Hyde, Zoran Primorac, Ilie Dumitrescu, Noah Taylor, and Kari Lake. After her are Seiichi Negishi, Sofia Milos, Stefan Schwarz, Dambisa Moyo, Jan Axel Blomberg, and MaliVai Washington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Kerrigan ranks 8,793 out of 20,380. Before her are Madeline Miller (1978), Kari Lake (1969), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), Walter Murch (1943), Stuart Hameroff (1947), and Barry McGuire (1935). After her are Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), Preston Tucker (1903), Eben Moglen (1959), Wendell Corey (1914), Michael Andretti (1962), and Nana Visitor (1957).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Nancy Kerrigan ranks 8. Before her are Dick Button (1929), Charles Jewtraw (1900), Eric Heiden (1958), Tony Hawk (1968), Ken Henry (1929), and Irving Jaffee (1906). After her are Carol Heiss (1940), Jeanne Ashworth (1938), David Jenkins (1936), Terry McDermott (1940), Beatrix Loughran (1900), and Sheila Young (1950).

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