Bonnie Kathleen Blair (born March 18,
1964) is a retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and
one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, winning five gold medals
and one bronze medal. Blair made her Olympic debut in Sarajevo in 1984 where she finished eighth in the 500
meters. At the time, Blair trained in both short-track and long-track speed
skating. She won the 1986 short-track world championship. Blair returned to the
Olympics in 1988 competing in long-track at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. There she won her first Olympic gold medal in the 500
meters and a bronze medal in the 1,000 meter. Blair won two gold medals in the
1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and her final two Olympic
gold medals at the 1994 Lillehammer games. Blair continued
competing through 1995 when the World Championships were held in Milwaukee,
finally retiring in March 1995. After retiring from speed skating, Blair became
a motivational speaker. She has been inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of
Fame, the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of
Fame, and the United States Olympic Hall
of Fame
Nancy Ann Kerrigan (born October 13,
1969) is an American former figure skater and actress. She won bronze medals at
the 1991 World
Championships and the 1992 Winter
Olympics, silver medals at the 1992 World
Championships and the 1994 Winter
Olympics, and she was the 1993
US National Figure Skating Champion. Kerrigan was inducted into the
United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004. In January 1994, an
assailant used a police baton to strike Kerrigan on
her landing knee; the attacker was hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding. The attack injured Kerrigan, but she quickly
recovered. Harding and Kerrigan both participated in the 1994 Winter
Olympics, but after the Games, Harding was permanently banned from
competitive figure skating. At the Olympics, Kerrigan won the silver medal in a
controversial showdown with gold medal winner Oksana Baiul. She then started touring and performed with
several ice skating troupes that included Champions on Ice and Broadway on Ice. In 2017, she was a contestant on season 24 of Dancing with
the Stars.