Michelle Kwan was a champion figure skater, now she
has master's in international affairs and studied very hard in school.
1994: she won second place at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, right after Nancy Kerrigan was injured when she was attacked, and could have been expected to be on the Olympics team, but the U.S. Figure Skating Association decided to give Nancy Kerrigan the Olympic spot instead, making Kwan an alternate
1998: silver medal (Tara Lipinski, gold)
2002: bronze medal (Sarah Hughes, gold; Irina Slutskaya, silver)
2006: withdrew from games after sustaining an injury
Gold Medals:
World Junior Figure-Skating Championships, 1994
U.S. National Figure-Skating Championships, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
World Figure-Skating Championships, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003