Tonya Harding
About
Biography
Life Events
1989
Placed third at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
1991
Made figure skating breakthrough at U.S. Championships after landing her first triple axel and winning title
1991
Set figure skating records as first woman to complete a triple axel in the short program, first woman to successfully execute two triple axels in a single competition, and first ever to complete a triple axel combination with the double toe loop at Skate America
1992
Finished fourth at Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France
1994
Skating rival Nancy Kerrigan attacked in the leg with a police baton during practice session at U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, MI; assault plotted by ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and bodyguard Shawn Eckardt
1994
Won U.S. Figure Skating Championships and selected for U.S. Olympic team
1994
Forced to withdraw from World Figure Skating Championships and resign from U.S. Figure Skating Association after pleading guilty to conspiring with Kerrigan's attackers; also stripped off U.S. title and banned from sport for life
1994
Portrayed by Alexandra Powers in NBC movie "Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story"
1994
Appeared in explicit sex video along with ex-husband Gillooly titled "Tonya and Jeff's Wedding Night"
1996
Made acting debut in action thriller "Breakaway"
2002
Competed on "Celebrity Boxing" (Fox) against former government employee and newsmaker Paula Jones
2003
Made women's professional boxing debut
2008
Appeared as regular commentator on TruTV's "The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest..."
