Sarah Elizabeth Hughes was born on May 2,1985 and is a American politician and former competitive figure skater.
25 Facts About Sarah Hughes
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Sarah Hughes was the 2002 Olympic Champion and the 2001 World bronze medalist in ladies' singles.
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Sarah Hughes's mother, Amy Pastarnack, is Jewish and is a breast cancer survivor.
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Sarah Hughes appeared in a commercial for General Electric promoting breast cancer awareness and research.
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On May 25,2009, Sarah Hughes graduated from Yale and received a bachelor's degree in American studies with a concentration in US politics and communities.
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Sarah Hughes graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School on May 15,2018.
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Sarah Hughes had previously dated former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's son Andrew Giuliani in 2011, whom she had befriended since 2005.
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Sarah Hughes is the cousin of Gregg "Opie" Hughes, from the Opie and Anthony radio show.
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Sarah Hughes took silver at the 1999 World Junior Championships held in November 1998.
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At the 1999 US Championships, Sarah Hughes won the pewter medal in her senior-level debut.
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Sarah Hughes was likewise not age-eligible, but at the time a loophole existed for skaters who had medaled at Junior Worlds.
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Sarah Hughes was sent to senior Worlds and finished 7th in her debut.
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Sarah Hughes won the bronze medal at the 2000 US Championships and was credited with a triple-salchow-triple-loop combination.
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On September 7,2001, at the age of 16, Sarah Hughes was invited to meet United States National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.
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Sarah Hughes won the silver medal at the 2001 US Championships.
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Sarah Hughes won her second consecutive bronze medal at the Grand Prix Final and won the bronze medal at the 2002 US Championships to qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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The week before the opening of the 2002 Olympics, Sarah Hughes appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
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At the 2002 Olympics, Sarah Hughes won the gold medal in what was widely considered one of the biggest upsets in figure skating history.
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Sarah Hughes was the youngest skater in the competition, and was not expected to seriously challenge the favorites, teammate Michelle Kwan and Russia's Irina Slutskaya.
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Sarah Hughes became the first woman in Olympic history to land two triple jump-triple jump combinations in a 4-minute free skate.
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Sarah Hughes was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Sarah Hughes employed a variety of triple-triple jump combinations, including a triple loop-triple loop, triple salchow-triple loop, and a triple toe-triple loop.
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Sarah Hughes would perform the triple loop jump which she often completed out of and following a back spiral.
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Sarah Hughes was known for her camel spin with a change of edge as well as her spiral position.
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On May 15,2023, Sarah Hughes filed paperwork to run for Congress as a Democrat in New York's 4th congressional district.