Tonya Harding, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tonya Harding

American figure skater

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1970

Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States

Profession: boxer, figure skater, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Tonya Harding

  • Tonya Maxene Price (née Harding; born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater, retired boxer, and reality television personality.
  • A native of Portland, Oregon, Harding was raised primarily by her mother, who enrolled her in ice skating lessons beginning at age four.
  • Harding would spend much of her early life training, eventually dropping out of high school to devote her time to the sport.
  • After climbing the ranks in the U.S.
  • Figure Skating Championships between 1986 and 1989, Harding won the 1989 Skate America competition.
  • She was the 1991 and 1994 U.S.
  • champion before being stripped of her 1994 title, and 1991 World silver medalist.
  • In 1991, she earned distinction as being the first American woman to successfully land a triple Axel in competition, and the second woman to do so in history (behind Midori Ito).
  • She is also a two-time Olympian and a two-time Skate America Champion. In January 1994, Harding became embroiled in controversy when her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, orchestrated an attack on her fellow U.S.
  • skating rival Nancy Kerrigan.
  • Both women then competed in the February 1994 Winter Olympics, where Kerrigan won the silver medal and Harding finished eighth.
  • On March 16, 1994, Harding accepted a plea bargain in which she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution.
  • As a result of her involvement in the assault on Kerrigan, the United States Figure Skating Association banned Harding for life on June 30, 1994. In the early 2000s, Harding competed as a professional boxer, and her life has been the subject of numerous films, documentaries, books, and academic studies.
  • In 2014, two television documentaries about Harding's life and skating career (Nancy & Tonya and The Price of Gold) were aired within two months of each other — inspiring Steven Rogers to write the darkly comedic biographical film I, Tonya, released in 2017 and starring Margot Robbie as Harding.
  • In 2018, Harding was a contestant on season 26 of Dancing with the Stars, finishing in third place.

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