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Date of Birth

10 June 1982, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name

Tara Kristen Lipinski

Nickname

Lips

Height

5' 1" (1.55 m)

Mini Biography

Only child of Jack and Patricia Lipinski. Her father is an oil executive, and her mom is a homemaker. Tara began roller skating at age 3, and won several championships. She turned to ice skating when she was 6, and she and her mom moved to Detroit so Tara could seriously train for international competitions. Her dad remained in Texas, and frequently visited Michigan. She became the youngest person to win a gold medal at the U. S. Olympic Festival, when she was 12. In 1997 she became the youngest person ever to win the U. S. national championship and the youngest ever to win the World Championships. In 1998 she won the Olympic gold medal, and then turned professional. Today, she skates in professional competitions and Stars on Ice. She has said that she would like to continue to act.

Head-lined her own tour called Tara Lipinski's Miracle Match Tour to raise money for leukemia. Hosted a five city fashion show for Limited Too called Passion for Fashion. Made guest apperance on Wheel of Fortune dressed as a genie and donated her winnings to the Boys and Girls Club of America.

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Trivia

Her parents hired a man to travel to the '98 Olympics with Tara, just so he could sharpen her blades on her skates whenever she needed them sharpening.

Youngest World Champion ever in women's figure skating.

Was born at 11:18 am.

She keeps all of her old skating costumes

Youngest skater to win an Olympic gold medal. [1998]

Her parents are Polish.

Graduated from River Oaks Academy, a Houston, TX high school, on 18 May 2000.

Has toured with "Stars on Ice" since 1998.

Is best friends with 1999 US National Bronze Medalist, 'Angela Nikodinov' and 2000 US Ice Dance Silver Medalist Jamie Silverstein.

Her car licence plate reads: "98GOLD".

First women to ever land the triple loop/triple loop combination in competition.

Her favorite store is "Bebe". They made her dress for the 1999 Daytime Emmys, where she presented the award for Best Game Show.

Won the 1999 and 2000 Kids Choice Award (Nickelodeon) for best athlete, but was there to accept the award in 1999 only.

Was voted Choice Female Athlete at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards.

Has presented at the Grammies (1998) and was invited again in 1999, but was unable to go due to scheduling conflicts.

Underwent right hip surgery to repair a soft tissue injury in Sept. 2000.

Her cameo scene in Vanilla Sky was cut.

Is scared of flying

Was a judge for the Miss Teen USA Pagent in 1998

Has a snow-globe with a figurine of her inside from Hallmark

Had an apartment in Soho over the summer

Is building a house on Kiawah Island, by Charleston, SC

Bronze, 1996 U.S. Nationals

15th, 1996 Worlds

Hallmark made a snowglobe of Tara

All four of her grandparents were born in Poland (mother's parents near to Zakopane and father's near to Warsaw).

Performed with Justin Timberlake, Seth Green, Wilmer Valderrama and Verne Troyer in a skit that spoofed "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002) at the 2002 Teen Choice Awards.

March 1, 1998 was declared Tara Lipinski Day in Houston, Texas.

She was a roller-skating champion before she began ice-skating.

When Tara was nine years old she moved to Sugar Land, Texas and now considers Sugar Land home.

Is an only child.

Personal Quotes

"The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee."

"I didn't think I'd become an actress after the Olympics, but then I did a little bit and I really enjoyed it."

"I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion."

"Every time I'm out there, I'm grateful. It's more of a feeling of just being lucky. And maybe that shows in my skating." (On having sucessful hip surgery, which prevented a career ending injury)

"It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy."

"Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were."

"I'll be on a plane or something saying, 'Oh, my gosh, can you believe it?' I have to think about it to really realize it's happened." (On winning the Olympic Gold Medal)

"You're the ones I'm skating for."

Where Are They Now

(June 2003) Signed on to voice a character in the CBS series "Generation Jets" (2003). Her characters name is Jessica.

(October 2003) Recently finished doing an audio version of Anne of Green Gables. Her character is Diana Barry.

(November 2003) Recently finished filming a week long appearance on "Hollywood Squares" (1998), which will air in February.

(March 2004) Recently finished a photo shoot for Hollywood Life which will appear in the May issue.

(May 2004) She is currently working on a screenplay with 'Ashley Jones', her _"Young and the Restless" (1973)_ co-star.

(August 2004) Will appear in a episode of _"What's New, Scooby Doo" (2004)_ as the Camp Counsler Grey.

(February 2005) She is currently filming scenes in _Alpha Dog (2005)_ and will appear in an episode of _"Still Standing" (2003)_.

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