Michelle Kwan Trivia

  • Gold Medal, 1998 World Figure Skating Championships
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  • Won the gold medal at the 1996, 1998-2005 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships
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  • Parted ways with longtime coach, Frank Carroll, shortly before the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. She competed without a coach at those Games.
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  • Gold Medal, 2000 US National Figure Skating Championships
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  • She recently left her hand and skate impressions in a cement block which will be in Walt Disney World.
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  • Gold Medal, 2003 World Figure Skating Championships
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  • Was an award presenter at the 2000 Cover Girl Volunteerism Awards.
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  • Chinese name is Kwan Wing Shan.
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  • Winner of silver medal in Women's Figure Skating during the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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  • April 20, 2002 won the Nick Kids Choice Award for Favorite Female Athlete
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  • Won her 7th U.S. national title (2003)
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  • Won the silver at the 1997, 1999 & 2002 World Figure Skating Championships
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  • Michelle has won the Nick Kids Choice Award for Favorite Female Athlete twice in 2002 and 2003
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  • Is a member of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
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  • 7 time winner of the "Skater of the Year" Award by Skating Magazine. She has won the award so much that the magazine has offically renamed the award the "Michelle Kwan Trophy"
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  • April 9, 2002, Michelle Kwan became only the second figure skater in history to win the James E. Sullivan Award which is given to one amateur athlete per year.
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  • Won the bronze medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
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  • Won the silver at the 1994 & 2002 Goodwill Games
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  • Gold Medal, 1996 World Figure Skating Championships
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  • Spokesperson for Children's Miracle Network.
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  • 12 time winner of USOC Athlete of the month. That is the record for male and female recipients.
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  • Gold Medal, 1994 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
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  • Won the gold at the 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 & 2003 World Figure Skating Championships
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  • 5 time winner of the USOC Female Figure Skater of the Year.
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  • She won the 2002 Kid's & Teens Choice Award for favorite female athlete
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  • She was a finalist for the Sullivan Award in '96
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  • Received the "Citizenship Thru Sports Alliance Award" on 23 June 2004 in Dallas, Texas.
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  • Silver Medal, 1995 US National Figure Skating Championships
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  • Sister is also a skater.
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  • Has earned more perfect 6.0 scores in competition than any figure skater in the world.
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  • Attending the University of Denver as a political science major & a international studies minor, an interesting choice considering she already knows everything that there is to know about these fields of study (2006).
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  • 6 time winner of the "Skater of the Year" Award by Skating Magazine.
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  • Has a wax statue of herself at The New York Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.
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  • Gold Medal, 2001 World Figure Skating Championships.
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  • She is a spokesperson for Walt Disney World.
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  • Silver Medal, 1994 US National Figure Skating Championships
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  • Awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Sports by the The Chinese American Museum
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  • Aug 4, 2002 won the Teen Choice Award for Favorite Female Athlete.
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  • The t-shirt she sold on ebay went for $4,850 which was the highest price of any of the t-shirts that were auctioned off.
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  • Silver Medal, 1997 US National Figure Skating Championships
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  • Was the National Campaign chair for the American Library Association's Teen Read Week Oct 17-23 1999
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  • She received a Gold Record after the late Eva Cassidy's "Songbird" reached gold, Michelle had skated to her version of Fields of Gold which brought a lot of attention to the CD which might have gone unnoticed otherwise.
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  • Father, Danny, mother, Estella, older brother, Ron, older sister, Karen
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  • 1998 Women's Sports Foundation Individual Sportswomen of the Year.
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  • Her book is "The Winning Attitude: What it Takes to be a Champion."
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  • She was added to Compton's Encyclopedia 2004 edition in the Notable People's section.
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  • 13 time winner of USOC Athlete of the month. That is the record for male and female recipients.
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  • Silver Medal, 1997 World Figure Skating Championships
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  • Silver Medal, 1999 World Figure Skating Championships
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  • Gold Medal, 2001 US National Figure Skating Championships.
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  • Always wears a gold dragon necklace given to her by her grandmother.
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  • Gold Medal, 1998 US National Figure Skating Championships
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  • She has her own scholarship, Chevrolet/Michelle Kwan R.E.W.A.R.D.S Scholarship program. It awards $5,000 dollars to 10 student athletes.
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  • Winner of 1997 Dial Award
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  • She can be seen in the movie "Sorority Girls" while one of the lead characters is reading a newspaper. The article the character is reading is about Michelle winning her 4th World Championship title, there is a picture of her.
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  • Won the bronze medal at the 2004 Worlds
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  • Won the Silver Medal at the 1994, 1995, and 1997 US National Figure Skating Championships
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  • Gold Medal, 1996 US National Figure Skating Championships
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  • Attended UCLA
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  • Gold Medal, 1999 US National Figure Skating Championships
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  • Former boyfriend Brad Ference is a hockey player for the New Jersey Devils
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  • Sister Karen graduated from Boston University, interned with Vera Wang.
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  • Named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World 2000.
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  • Is claustrophobic.
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  • Hallmark made a snowglobe with a figurine of her in it.
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  • Became an aunt on 2 March 2004 when sister Karen gave birth to Olivia Colett Oppegard.
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  • Is the most decorated figure skater, male or female, in US history.
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  • She is the new spokesperson for Walt Disney World.
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