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2001-02 Figure Skating World Championships

World Championships at Nagano, Japan (March 15-24) Men's —1. Alexei Yagudin, Russia; 2. Tim Goebel, USA; 3. Honda Takeshi, Japan; 4. Alexander Abt, Russia; 5. Li Chengjiang, China. Women's…

Asian-American Athletes

Grace ParkBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…

1999-2000 Figure Skating World Championships

World Championships at Nice, France (March 26-April 2) Men's —1. Alexei Yagudin, Russia; 2. Elvis Stojko, Canada; 3. Michael Weiss, USA; 4. Evgeni Plushenko, Russia; 5. Chengjiang Li, China…

2000-01 Figure Skating World Championships

World Championships at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (March 19-25) Men's —1. Evgeni Plushenko, Russia; 2. Alexei Yagudin, Russia; 3. Todd Eldredge, USA; 4. Tim Goebel, USA; 5. Honda…

land art

(Encyclopedia) land art or earthworks, art form developed in the late 1960s and early 70s by Robert Smithson, Robert Morris, Michael Heizer, and others, in which the artist employs the elements of…

Millay, Edna St. Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Millay, Edna St. VincentMillay, Edna St. Vincentmĭlāˈ [key], 1892–1950, American poet, b. Rockland, Maine, grad. Vassar College, 1917. One of the most popular poets of her era, Millay…

Sarah Hughes, 2002 News

16, became the darling of the 2002 Winter Olympics when she won the overall women's skating competition in February. She beat out favorite Michelle Kwan and Russia's Irina Slutskaya. She…

Elena Tcherkasskaia 2001 Deaths

Elena TcherkasskaiaAge: 64 a 22-year veteran of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, who found additional success in her second career as a figure skating coach to some of the world's elite skaters,…

Tara Lipinski Biography

Tara LipinskiBorn: June 10, 1982Figure Skater won the 1998 women's figure skating gold medal at the Olympics in Nagano, becoming the youngest in history (15 yrs., 7 mos.) to do so; she and…

James Grogan 2000 Deaths

James GroganAge: 68 U.S. figure skater who won the 1952 Olympic bronze medal and was a four-time silver medallist at consecutive world championships beginning in 1951; director of a skating…