Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is a retired American figure skater. At the age of 15, she won the ladies’ singles Olympic gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Lipinski remains the youngest individual gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Winter Games (she was 15 years and 255 days old, beating legendary Sonja Henie’s 70-year-old record by two months). She is also the 1997 World Champion (at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days, the youngest – by exactly 32 days – person ever to win a World Figure Skating Championship), two-time Champions Series Final Champion (1997â1998) and 1997 U.S. Champion.
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