Elaine Kathryn Zayak was born on April 4,1965 and is an American former figure skater.
18 Facts About Elaine Zayak
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Elaine Zayak is the 1982 World champion and 1981 US national champion.
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Elaine Zayak competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics, placing 6th.
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Elaine Zayak's left boot was stabilized with a wood mold to compensate for the irregularity in the shape of her left foot.
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Elaine Zayak was coached jointly by Peter Burrows and Marylynn Gelderman throughout her amateur and professional career.
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Elaine Zayak won gold at the 1979 World Junior Championships.
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Elaine Zayak stood atop the podium at the 1979 Skate Canada and Prague Skate and then appeared at her first senior World Championships.
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Elaine Zayak was included in the first trip to China by American skaters, in 1980.
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Elaine Zayak was the first woman to consistently land many triple jumps in her programs.
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Elaine Zayak's skating contributed to the creation of what became informally known as the Elaine Zayak rule, enacted at the 1982 ISU Congress, which states that a skater may not perform the same kind of triple jump more than twice, and for it to be given full credit on both occasions, one of the two triples must be incorporated into a combination or sequence.
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Elaine Zayak took the bronze medal at the 1983 US Championships and was sent to the 1983 World Championships.
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Elaine Zayak attributed her poor figures to a sore, injured ankle and equipment problems.
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Elaine Zayak won the bronze medal at the 1984 US Championships.
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Elaine Zayak placed 6th at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and won bronze at the 1984 World Championships.
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Elaine Zayak turned professional later that year and performed with the Ice Capades from 1984 to 1986.
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In 1993, Elaine Zayak was the only US female singles skater to reinstate to eligible status in an attempt to make the 1994 Olympic team.
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Elaine Zayak was inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2003 and the New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Elaine Zayak teaches figure skating at the Ice House in Hackensack, New Jersey, and is a spokeswoman for US Figure Skating.