Tara Lipinski

Tara Lipinski: Biography in Details

Who is Tara Lipinski?

Tara Lipinski is an American figure skater, actress, and sports commentator.

She won Olympic gold at Nagano in 1998, setting a record for the youngest gold medalist at the Winter Olympics at the age of just 15.

Tara Lipinski: Bio, Age, Birth Facts, Family, Childhood

Tara Lipinski was born as Tara Kristen Lipinski on 10 June 1982, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Her nationality is American and she is of Polish ethnicity.

She is the only daughter of Patricia Lipinski and Jack Richard Lipinski. Her mother was a secretary and her father was an oil executive and lawyer. She spent her earliest years in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.

Her family lived in the Sewell section of Mantua Township, New Jersey until 1991.

Tara Lipinski: Education

Tara Lipinski went to the University of Delaware. It is also one of the largest universities in Delaware.

Tara Lipinski: Professional Life, Career

Tara Lipinski began ice skating in 1988, in the Philadelphia area. Her first major competition was the 1990 Eastern Regional Championships for roller skating where she finished second.

At the 1991 United States Roller Skating Championships, she won the primary girls’ freestyle as a nine-year-old.

Tara Lipinski first came to national prominence when she won the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival competition. She became the youngest ladies’ figure skating gold medalist as well as the youngest athlete in any discipline to win gold.

Tara won the 1997 World Championship and the 1998 Olympic championship. She is a two-time Champions Series Final Champion (1997 and 1998) and the 1997 U.S. national champion.

Tara Lipinski won Olympic gold at Nagano in 1998 and became the youngest gold medalist at the Winter Olympics at the age of just 15.

Besides skating, she has appeared in several TV shows and films including Touched by an Angel, Vanilla Sky, 7th Heaven, and Malcolm in the Middle.

In 2016, Tara Lipinski appeared as herself in the TV series Superstore.

Tara Lipinski: Salary, Net Worth

Tara Lipinski has been a very successful person in her career and she has accumulated a net worth of 4 million dollars as of 2022.

Tara Lipinski: Rumors, Controversy

When she was skating, Tara Lipinski was weighing just 68 pounds and people were quite alarmed at seeing her tiny and lithe body. There were also whispered rumors around the rink as to how she managed to skirt puberty.

She had revealed in an interview given to People that she just consumes 1228 calories per day.

Christine Brennan’s book ‘Inside Edges’ had also revealed how female skaters subsisted only on carrot sticks and mustard and Tara Lipinski was one of them. This type of dieting by female athletes has been heavily criticized.

After Tara won the Olympics, the International Skating Union imposed a rule that the competitors should have achieved an age of 15 years before 1st July of the year in which they would be competing for the various championships.

This ‘Tara rule’ was made in order to discourage young women from attempting dangerous jumps which could damage their young bodies and leave permanent disabilities to them.

Tara Lipinski: Body Measurements

Tara Lipinski has a height of 5 feet 1 inch. Her body weighs 46kg. Besides these, she has blonde hair and blue eyes.

Her body figure measures 23 inches for waist size and 33 inches for hip size. Her shoe size is 5.5(US) and her bra size is 32A.

Tara Lipinski: Social Media Profile

Tara Lipinski is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Her Facebook has 72k followers. Similarly, her Instagram account has 423k followers and Twitter has 98.5k followers.

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