Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12 1971) is an American figure skater. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Biography

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Kristi Yamaguchi was born July 12, 1971 in Hayward, California and grew up in Fremont, California where she attended Mission San Jose High School. Yamaguchi began skating as a child, as physical therapy for her club feet. She is coached by Christy Ness. With Rudy Galindo she won the junior pairs title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1986. Two years later, Yamaguchi won the singles and, with Galindo, the pairs titles at the 1988 World Junior Pair Championships. Yamaguchi and Galindo won the senior United States Figure Skating Championships pairs title in 1989 and 1990. As a pairs team, Yamaguchi and Galindo were unusual in that they were both accomplished singles skaters, and in that they jumped and spun in opposite directions -- Yamaguchi counter-clockwise, and Galindo clockwise.

Yamaguchi was the first woman to have won both the U.S. Senior pairs and ladies figure skating titles.

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