Dorothy Hamill

Dorothy Hamill: Biography in Details

Who is Dorothy Hamill?

Dorothy Hamill is a former American figure skater.

In 1976, Dorothy Hamill became Olympic Champion and 1976 World champion in ladies’ singles representing the USA.

Who are the parents of Dorothy Hamill?

Dorothy Hamill was born on July 26, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois.

His nationality is American and his ethnicity is North American.

Her birth name is Dorothy Stuart Hamill. She was born to Chalmers Hamill (father) and Carol Hamill (mother).

Her father was a mechanical engineer.

Dorothy Hamill has an elder sister named Marcia Hamill and an elder brother named Sandy Hamill.

Her family moved to the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut, and raised her there.

When Dorothy Hamill was young, she learned to skate with her siblings at her grandparents’ pond.

Her parents recognized her potential and sent her to improve her technique, including skating backward at the age of 8.

Due to limited ice time in her hometown, she was later trained at the Sky Ring in New York.

Dorothy Hamill also trained in Lake Placid, New York, and Toronto.

Dorothy Hamill: Education History

Dorothy Hamill attended public school in Riverside until the spring of 1970 but her school timings and skating practice were not matching.

Then she switched to a small school with flexible timings for her skating schedule.

Dorothy Hamill graduated from Colorado Academy High School.

Dorothy Hamill: Professional Life and Career

Dorothy Hamill’s first national success came when she won the novice ladies’ title at Te Us Championship in 1969 at the age of 12.

Later that spring she was invited to perform at Madison Square Garden with the exhibition tour that later came to be known as ‘Champions on Ice.

Dorothy Hamill was second in the 1970 junior-level US championship and made her senior debut in 1971.

She was US champion from 1974 to 1976.

The US Figure Skating Association recognized her talent and arranged for her to be coached by Carlo Fassi when she began to compete internationally.

Dorothy made her big breakthrough when she won the silver medal at the World Championship in Munich, Germany in 1974.

She again won the silver medal at the World Championship in Colorado Springs in 1975.

At the of 19, she won the gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

Shortly after this, she went on to win the World Championship title in Gothenburg, Sweden and then went professional.

Dorothy Hamill was the last single skater to win the Olympics without a triple jump.

From 1977 to 1984 she toured extensively with the show ‘Ice Capades’.

Hamill also produced and starred in her own touring productions, including ‘Cinderella’ and ‘The Nutcracker’.

In 1993 she and her husband, Kenneth Forsythe, bought the company that ran ‘Ice Capades’ as it was having financial difficulties.

However, they were later declared bankrupt and sold to the firm ‘International Family Entertainment’ owned by Pat Robertson.

She continued to skate on shows, including the show ‘Broadway on Ice’.Where she is a regular performer.

Dorothy was selected to run the torch into the Olympic Stadium at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Then, she debuted as a judge on the television show ‘Skating with Celebrities in 2006, and in 2007 was a special guest in the Brian Boitano-Barry Manilow skating extravaganza at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

Dorothy Hamill also appeared in the infomercial, hosted by Cindy Crawford and Karyn Bryant, for Cindy’s ‘Meaningful Beauty’ anti-aging care system (2007).

In 2003 she was one of the contestants in ABC’s popular dance competition, ‘Dancing with the starts’ where country singer Wynonna Judd, funnyman DL Hughley, Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman and many more other celebrities participated.

She was forced to withdraw from the competition after two dances due to an injury to the spine.

Dorothy released her book, ‘On and Off the Ice’ in 1983. In 2007 Dorothy Hamill published her autobiography, ‘A skating life: My Story.

Dorothy Hamill also acted in the movies ‘The Dorothy Hamill Special’ (1976); ‘Dorothy Hamill Presents Winners’ (1978), and, ‘A Tribute to George and Ira Gershwin: A Memory of All that’ (1988).

Dorothy Hamill: Salary, Net Worth

Dorothy Hamill has a net worth of $5 million as of 2023, but her salary is not revealed yet.

Dorothy Hamill: Rumors, Controversy

As we know, Dorothy Hamill is so open about her personal life, that there have been no such rumors about relationships, affairs, or any other. Plus, there have been no controversies as well.

How tall is Dorothy Hamill?

Dorothy Hamill has a height of 5 feet 4 inches.

Her body weighs 55kg.

She has dark brown hair and blue eyes.

Dorothy Hamill: Social Media Profile

Dorothy Hamill is active on Facebook and Twitter.

He has more than 10.8k followers on Facebook and 10.9k followers on Twitter.

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