Hughes, Sarah (Sarah Hughes)

Sarah Hughes (1985) - figure skater, was born May 2, 1985 in the town Griet Neck, New York. Biography Sarah Hughes is known as the won gold medal in figure skating at the Olympics in 2002.

Sarah surprised the world when the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in 2002 won gold in women's figure skating. Then she was only 16 years old. Besides athlete had never won the U.S. championships or the world.

Being in fourth place after the short program, Sarah has shown an impeccable long speech. That she bypassed star skaters such as world champion Michelle Kwan, Irina Slutskaya rossiyanku, as well as young Sasha Cohen. In 2003, Hughes left the competition by enrolling in Yale University.

Further information: Biography of Sarah Hughes recalls the story of the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. Then the mistress Michelle Kwan won a new figure skating athlete Tara Lipinski. Hughes, younger sister - Emily, participated in the Olympic Games in Toronto in 2006 from the U.S. (as in figure skating).