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Nancy Kerrigan Biography
Birth Name:
Nancy Ann Kerrigan
Birth Place:
Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Figure Skater, author, producer
Fast Facts
- Won the bronze medal in women's singles at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France
- Despite a vicious attack orchestrated by rival Tonya Harding just weeks before the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Kerrigan managed to score a silver medal in women's singles
- Was the subject of a musical entitled Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera, which details the events of the 1994 scandal between the athletes
- Performed in a 2016 ABC figure-skating special alongside her three children
- Because of her mother's visual impairment, she founded the Nancy Kerrigan Foundation to support visually impaired persons
- Produced a documentary called Why Don't You Lose Five Pounds? to raise awareness about the prevalence of eating disorders among athletes
Relationships
- Mark Kerrigan -- Brother
- Michael Kerrigan -- Brother
- Nicole Elizabeth Solomon -- Daughter
- Dan Kerrigan -- Father
- Jerry Solomon -- Husband
- Brenda Kerrigan -- Mother
- Brian Solomon -- Son
- Matthew Solomon -- Son
- Clayton Solomon -- Stepson