Dorothy Stuart Hamill was born on July 26,1956 and is a retired American figure skater.
36 Facts About Dorothy Hamill
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Dorothy Hamill is the 1976 Olympic champion and 1976 World champion in ladies' singles.
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Shortly after her birth, her family moved to the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut, where Dorothy Hamill spent the rest of her childhood.
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Dorothy Hamill has two older siblings, a brother, Sandy, and a sister, Marcia.
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Dorothy Hamill started skating in early 1965 at the age of 8, taking weekly group lessons.
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Dorothy Hamill would wake early in the morning to go to the rink for practice at 4:30 am.
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Dorothy Hamill was first coached by Otto Gold and Gustave Lussi.
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Until the spring of 1970, Dorothy Hamill attended public schools in Riverside, but at that point she switched to a small school with flexible tutoring to accommodate her skating schedule.
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Dorothy Hamill attended and graduated from Colorado Academy high school.
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Later that spring, Dorothy Hamill was invited to perform in Madison Square Garden with the exhibition tour that followed the 1969 World Figure Skating Championships.
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Dorothy Hamill placed second at the junior level at the 1970 Championships, and made her senior debut in 1971.
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Dorothy Hamill was set to skate directly after the West German skater Gerti Schanderl, whose marks were booed while Hamill was already on the ice.
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Visibly upset, Dorothy Hamill left the ice and burst into tears.
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Dorothy Hamill competed with an injured right leg at the 1975 US Championships.
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Dorothy Hamill said her leg was fine after receiving treatment for a pulled hamstring while training in Denver during the month before the 1975 World Championships.
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Dorothy Hamill won silver at Worlds in Colorado Springs, Colorado, behind Dianne de Leeuw of the Netherlands and ahead of Errath.
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Dorothy Hamill was disappointed by her performance at the 1976 US Championships, admitting that she was outskated by Linda Fratianne because she had not trained properly.
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Dorothy Hamill was pleased with their work together and wanted to bring him to the Olympics as her coach of record.
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At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, Dorothy Hamill came in second in the figures and then won the short and long programs, taking the gold medal.
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Dorothy Hamill was the last single skater to win the Olympics without a triple jump.
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Dorothy Hamill won the 1976 World Championships, and then turned professional.
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Dorothy Hamill was an Ice Capades headliner from 1977 to 1984.
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Dorothy Hamill was asked to join Ice Capades by Donna Atwood, who had been its star for years and who had eventually acquired financial control of the Ice Capades.
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Dorothy Hamill was asked to be Atwood's successor as its new star.
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In 1993, the Associated Press released results of a national sports study showing that Dorothy Hamill was statistically tied for first place with fellow Olympian Mary Lou Retton as the most popular athlete in America, ranking far ahead of other major sports stars such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Troy Aikman, Dan Marino, Wayne Gretzky, Joe Montana, Nolan Ryan, and 800 other athletes.
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At 40, Dorothy Hamill experienced debilitating chronic pain and was later diagnosed with osteoarthritis.
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Dorothy Hamill's condition responded well to medication and she was able to return to skating professionally.
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Dorothy Hamill has continued to skate in shows, including a regular principal role with Broadway on Ice.
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In February 2013, it was revealed that Dorothy Hamill would take part in the sixteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, partnering with Tristan MacManus.
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On March 3,2017, Dorothy Hamill was announced as one of 16 celebrities taking part in a cooking competition on the Food Network TV series Chopped.
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Dorothy Hamill was featured in the "Star Power: Culinary Muscle" episode, alongside former NFL player LaMarr Woodley, Olympic medalist fencer Mariel Zagunis, and UFC fighter Paige VanZant.
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Dorothy Hamill was the third and last contestant to be eliminated, narrowly missing out on advancing to the final heat, losing to Paige VanZant in the final round.
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Dorothy Hamill wrote an autobiography titled On and Off the Ice.
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For much of her adult life, Dorothy Hamill has experienced chronic depression, which is controlled through medication and therapy.
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In 2008, Dorothy Hamill announced that she was being treated for breast cancer.
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Dorothy Hamill was a mentor to 2010 US national champion Rachael Flatt.