Tara Kristen Lipinski was born on 10 June 1982, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. Tara is a famous former figure skater best known as the youngest Olympic Gold medalist in skating in 1998, and also for winning the World Champion in 1997. Despite the success she had, Lipinski decided to retire from her competitive career in 1998.
Tara Lipinski Net Worth $4 Million
So how rich is Tara Lipinski? It is reliably estimated that Tara’s net worth is $4 million; of course, the main source of this sum is her career as a figure skater. Although her career as a competitive figure skater has ended she is still involved in other activities, so there is a chance that Tara Lipinski’s net worth will grow.
Tara started learning figure skating from a very young age. At first she started learning for roller skating, and participated in roller skating championships. Her first competition was in 1990 when she appeared in Eastern Regional Championship. One year later she won the primary girls freestyle at the United States Roller Skating Championship. In 1994 Tara became more noticed after she won the U.S. Olympic Festival competition. This was the time when Tara’s net worth began growing. Later she also participated in the World Junior Championship and in the 1995 U.S. Championships, training first with Jeff DiGregorio and later with Richard Callaghan. In 1998 Lipinski participated in the Winter Olympics, where she won the gold medal and this had a huge impact on the growth of Lipinski’s net worth.
As mentioned, in 1998 Tara decided to retire from competition, and move into the show skating world, becoming a part of the “Champions on Ice” and “Stars on Ice”. This also contributed Tara Lipinski’s net worth grow. In addition to this, Tara has appeared in such shows as “Still Standing”, “Touched by an Angel”, “Veronica’s Closet”, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and others, which appearances also added to Tara’s net worth. She has also worked with such companies as “Coca Cola”, “McDonald’s”, “Kodak”, “Chevrolet”, “Office Depot” and many others.
What is more, Tara is a national spokesperson for the “Boys and Girls Clubs of America”. Additionally there have been several books released, which reveal her biography and the difficulties that she has experienced during her career. These books have also had an impact on the growth of Tara Lipinski’s net worth. During her career Tara has won many different awards. In 1997 she was named as the Female Athlete of the Year. What is more, she won the Best Female Athlete award at the Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Award. In 2006 Tara was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
These days Tara Lipinski is a TV sports host, commentator and analyst. All in all, it can be said that Tara Lipinski is one of the most successful young figure skaters, who has achieved a lot at a very young age. Many people were surprised when Tara decided to leave her competitive career while being so young, but her fans are still able to enjoy her talent as she appears in other projects. There is also a high chance that Tara Lipinski’s net worth will grow.
"I'll be on a plane or something saying, 'Oh, my gosh, can you believe it?' I have to think about it to really realize it's happened." (On winning the Olympic Gold Medal)
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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"Every time I'm out there, I'm grateful. It's more of a feeling of just being lucky. And maybe that shows in my skating." (On having sucessful hip surgery, which prevented a career ending injury)
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I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
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I didn't think I'd become an actress after the Olympics, but then I did a little bit and I really enjoyed it.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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She is currently filming scenes in Alpha Dog (2006) (Note: she did not appear in Alpha Dog) and will appear in an episode of Still Standing (2002). [February 2005]
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Will appear in a episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002) as "Camp Counselor Grey". [August 2004]
Underwent right hip surgery to repair a soft tissue injury in Sept. 2000.
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Has presented at the Grammies (1998) and was invited again in 1999, but was unable to go due to scheduling conflicts.
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Was voted Choice Female Athlete at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards.
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Won the 1999 and 2000 Kids Choice Award (Nickelodeon) for best athlete, but was there to accept the award in 1999 only.
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Her favorite store is "Bebe". They made her dress for the 1999 Daytime Emmys, where she presented the award for Best Game Show.
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First women to ever land the triple loop/triple loop combination in competition.
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Her car licence plate reads: "98GOLD".
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Is best friends with 1999 US National Bronze Medalist, Angela Nikodinov, and 2000 US Ice Dance Silver Medalist, Jamie Silverstein.
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Has toured with "Stars on Ice" since 1998.
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Graduated from River Oaks Academy, a Houston, TX high school, on 18 May 2000.
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Her parents are Polish.
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She keeps all of her old skating costumes
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Was born at 11:18 am.
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Youngest World Champion ever in women's figure skating.
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Her parents hired a man to travel to the '98 Olympics with Tara, just so he could sharpen her blades on her skates whenever she needed them sharpening.