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| Competitive History | ||
| 2005 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge - 1st | 1998 Goodwill Games - 1st | |
| 2005 World Championships - 4th | 1998 Ultimate Four - 1st | |
| 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1998 World Championships - 1st | |
| 2004 Marshalls World Cup - 2nd | 1998 Olympic Winter Games - 2nd | |
| 2004 Campbell's Classic - 1st | 1998 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | |
| 2004 Marshalls World Figure Skating Challenge - 3rd | 1997 Skate Canada - 1st | |
| 2004 World Figure Skating Championships - 3rd | 1997 Skate America - 1st | |
| 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1997 Nice 'n Easy Classic (team) - 2nd | |
| 2003 International Figue Skating Challenge - 1st | 1997 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 1st | |
| 2003 Campbell's Classic - 2nd | 1997 World Championships - 2nd | |
| 2003 ABC Sports International Challenge - 1st | 1997 Champions Series Final - 2nd | |
| 2003 World Championships - 1st | 1997 State Farm U.S. Championships - 2nd | |
| 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1997 Japan Open - 1st | |
| 2002 Smart Ones Skate America - 1st | 1996 Ultimate Four - 1st | |
| 2002 Campbell's Classic - 1st | 1996 U.S. Postal Service Challenge (team) - 1st | |
| 2002 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 2nd | 1996 Trophée Lalique - 1st | |
| 2002 World Championships - 2nd | 1996 Skate America - 1st | |
| 2002 Olympic Winter Games - 3rd | 1996 The Continents Cup - 1st | |
| 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1996 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 1st | |
| 2002 Grand Prix Final - 2nd | 1996 World Championships - 1st | |
| 2001 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 1st | 1996 Champions Series Final - 1st | |
| 2001 Skate Canada - 3rd | 1996 Centennial on Ice - 3rd | |
| 2001 Smart Ones Skate America - 1st | 1996 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | |
| 2001 Masters of Figure Skating - 2nd | 1995 U.S. Postal Service Challenge (team) - 1st | |
| 2001 Goodwill Games - 2nd | 1995 Nations Cup - 1st | |
| 2001 World Championships - 1st | 1995 Skate Canada - 1st | |
| 2001 Grand Prix Final - 2nd | 1995 Skate America - 1st | |
| 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1995 Best of the Best - 2nd | |
| 2000 Canadian Open - 2nd | 1995 World Team Challenge - 4th | |
| 2000 Skate Canada - 2nd | 1995 Hershey's Kisses Challenge - 1st | |
| 2000 Skate America - 1st | 1995 World Championships - 4th | |
| 2000 Masters of Figure Skating - 1st | 1995 State Farm U.S. Championships - 2nd | |
| 2000 International Figure Skating Challenge (team) - 2nd | 1994 Thrifty Car Rental International Challenge - 3rd | |
| 2000 World Championships - 1st | 1994 Trophy de France - 3rd | |
| 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1994 Skate America - 2nd | |
| 2000 Grand Prix Final - 2nd | 1994 U.S. Outdoor Challenge - 1st | |
| 2000 Japan Open - 1st | 1994 Goodwill Games - 2nd | |
| 1999 Hershey's Kisses USA vs. the World (team) - 1st | 1994 Hershey's Kisses Pro-Am Championships - 2nd | |
| 1999 Skate Canada - 1st | 1994 World Championships - 8th | |
| 1999 Skate America - 1st | 1994 State Farm U.S. Championships - 2nd | |
| 1999 Masters of Figure Skating - 1st | 1994 World Junior Championships - 1st | |
| 1999 Keri Lotion Figure Skating Classic (team) - 2nd | 1993 Skate America - 7th | |
| 1999 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 2nd | 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival - 1st | |
| 1999 World Championships - 2nd | 1993 Gardena Spring Trophy - 1st | |
| 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1993 State Farm U.S. Championships - 6th | |
| 1999 Japan Open - 1st | 1993 Pacific Coast Sectional - 1st | |
| 1998 World Professional Championships - 1st | 1993 Southwest Pacific Regional - 1st | |
| 1998 Masters of Figure Skating - 1st | 1992 State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior - 9th | |
| 1998 U.S. Pro Classic - 1st | 1992 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior - 3rd | |
| 1998 Grand Slam of Figure Skating - 1st | 1992 Southwest Pacific Regional, Junior - 1st | |
| 1998 Keri Lotion Classic - 1st | ||
2005-06 Season Notes
SP Music: "Totentanz"; FS Music: Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 by Rachmaninoff
Kwan did not compete in any major competitions this season due to injury ... She petitioned for a bye to the Olympic Winter Games, and the petition was granted ... After her first practice in Torino, she withdrew from the Games after suffering another injury ... She finished first in fan voting at the Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge in December 2005.
2004-05 Season Notes
SP Music: "Adagio" from Spartacus; FS Music: "Bolero" by Ravel.
Kwan did not compete in this year's Grand Prix Series, but she won her ninth U.S. title in January ... She finished fourth at the World Championships.
2003-04 Season Notes
Skating to music from "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini, Kwan finished second at the Campbell's Classic in New York City to open the season ... She switched coaches in December and now trains with Rafael Arutunian ... She won the International Figure Skating Challenge Dec. 5 ... She won her seventh consecutive and eighth overall U.S. title at the 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships, earning seven 6.0 marks in the free skate for presentation ... She is using last year's "The Feeling Begins" by Peter Gabriel for the short program ... At the World Championships won her ninth medal in nine consecutive years ... In her free skate earned six perfect 6.0 marks, the most of any woman in the competition, giving her a career total of 12 at the World Championships.
2002-03 Season Notes
Kwan won her fifth World title in Washington, D.C., in March ... She won her qualifying group, then swept through the short program and free skate... Overall, she earned three perfect 6.0s for presentation in the event... She is now tied with Carol Heiss for most World titles by a U.S. skater and trails only Sonja Henie overall, who collected 10 World titles in her career... Kwan won her seventh U.S. title and sixth straight in Dallas in January... Kwan, a last minute addition to Smart Ones Skate America, claimed her seventh career and fourth straight title in Spokane ... Kwan debuted her new short program to the music "The Feeling Begins" by Peter Gabriel ... It was the second straight title for Kwan this season after winning the Campbell's International Figure Skating Classic in Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 5 ... Earned three 6.0s at the 2003 World Championships and one 6.0 in the free skate at the U.S. Championships ... She did not compete at the ISU Grand Prix Final (although she did qualify in the sixth spot with 12 points) ... Kwan began training with Scott Williams in the summer of 2002.
2001-02 Season Notes
With her seventh World medal in nine appearances, Kwan moved ahead of Dick Button, Carol Heiss, Hayes Jenkins and Todd Eldredge for the most World medals by a U.S. skater .., Kwan won the bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games in February ... Kwan claimed her sixth career and fifth straight U.S. ladies title at the 2002 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 12 ... Kwan received two perfect 6.0 marks for her free skate, adding to her U.S. Championships record for most 6.0s ... Kwan claimed her third straight silver medal and fifth career medal at the 2002 ISU Grand Prix Final in Kitchener, Canada, Dec. 15 ... Kwan won her third straight and sixth career Skate America title in Colorado Springs in October — the most titles by anybody in the history of the event ... On Oct. 23, 2001 Kwan split with longtime coach Frank Carroll. Kwan and Carroll had been together since 1992.
Notes
The most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, Michelle Kwan has won an unprecedented 42 championships, including five World Championships (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003), eight consecutive and eight overall U.S. Championship titles, (1996, 1998-2005) and two Olympic medals (silver-1998, bronze-2002) ... In the nearly 100-year history of ladies figure skating, Michelle's five World titles and nine overall world medals (five gold, three silver, 1 bronze) in nine consecutive years (1996-2004) are all marks that have been bettered only by the immortal Sonja Henie of Norway (10 titles/11 medals/11 consecutive years) ... She is the only woman in figure skating history to reclaim the World title three times (1998, 2000, 2003) ... Kwan's eight consecutive U.S. Championship titles (1998-2005) and 12 consecutive U.S. Championship medals (1994-2005) are both U.S. records ... Her nine career U.S. titles tie the legendary Maribel Vinson, who won nine titles in the 1920s-30s; and her mark of 12 U.S. medals (9 gold, 3 silver) are the most in U.S. skating history ... In her career she has received 57 perfect 6.0 marks in major competitions, the most of any U.S. skater in history, and any singles skater ever ... She has been awarded at least one 6.0 in each of her last five U.S. Championships, a U.S. record ... Her winning long and short performances at the 1998 U.S. Championships, where she received 15 perfect 6.0 marks (out of a possible 18) for artistry over the course of the event, is the most by any skater in the history of U.S. Figure Skating ... Prior to the 2001-02 season, Kwan split from longtime coach Frank Carroll ... Kwan and Carroll had been together since 1992 ... In December 2003 she began working with Rafael Arutunian.
The youngest of three children, Kwan began skating at the age of 5 after watching her older brother play hockey ... She won her first figure skating competition at age 7 ... She always wears a Chinese good luck charm around her neck that was given to her by her grandmother ... Kwan's autobiography, "Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion," was published in October 1997 and is now in its sixth printing ... Kwan serves as a national spokesperson for the Children's Miracle Network "Champions Across America" program and for Disney ... She is a seven-time recipient of SKATING magazine's Readers' Choice Award for figure skater of the year ... In 2003, the trophy that is given out for the Readers' Choice Award was renamed the "Michelle Kwan Trophy" ... Kwan signed an exclusive deal with Electronic Arts (EA Sports) to create the first interactive figure skating video game (Michelle Kwan Figure Skating) for the personal computer that debuted in the fall of 1999 ... Has claimed a record 14 USOC Sportswoman of the Month honors ... In May 2000, Kwan was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People magazine ... Her older sister Karen finished fifth at the 1996 U.S. Figure Skating Championships ... Kwan is now an aunt to Olivia Oppegard, her sister Karen's first child with husband Peter Oppegard, a three-time U.S. champion in pairs.
Awards
- 1997 Dial Award (top scholar-athlete in the U.S.)
- 1996 James E. Sullivan Award - Finalist
- 1998 Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year
- USOC Athlete of the Year - Figure Skating ('03, '01, '00, '99, '98, '96)
- SKATING magazine Readers' Choice Award (2003, 2002, 2001, '99, '98, '96, '94)
- USOC SportsWoman of the Month Award (Jan. '05; Jan. '04; Mar. '03; Jan. '03; Jan. '02; March '01; April '00; Aug. '98; April '98; Jan. '98; Oct. '97; Nov. '96; Mar. '96; Jan.'96)
- 2001 Sullivan Award Winner
- 2002, 2003 Kids' Choice Award for America's favorite female athlete
- 2002 Teen Choice Award as America's favorite female athlete
- 2002 Cosmo Girl! of the Year
- 2003 USOC SportsWoman of the Year
- Citizenship Through Sports Alliance (CTS)
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