A Skating Life by Dorothy Hamill

A Skating Life by Dorothy Hamill

The dazzling smile, the signature haircut, the staple spin. Dorothy Hamill grew up on the ice, working towards the dream she was to accomplish by age 19: winning Olympic gold in figure skating. But life was not what it seemed. Dorothy faced a painful inner struggle from the time she was a young girl: depression. In this deeply moving memoir, Hamill opens up for the first time about love, family courage and what it means to truly win both on and off the ice.

Shortly after she was born in Chicago, Dorothy Hamill's family moved to Greenwich, Connecticut--though once she began skating, she was constantly on the road training and competing. She was a three-time United States National Champion (1974-76) and won the World Championship and Olympic Gold Medal in 1976. She was an inductee of both the U.S. and World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, and a headliner for the Ice Capades for seven years before briefly owning it. She can be seen today as a judge on Skating with Celebrities as well as skating performing in skating exhibitions. Dorothy lives with her daughter Alexandra in Connecticut--and when asked when she plans on stopping skating, she contentedly declares: never.

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ISBN 13	9781401309626
ISBN 10	1401309623
Title	A Skating Life
Author	Dorothy Hamill
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hyperion
Year published	2008-10-07
Number of pages	256
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