Extractions: Latest Release : NA OnlineSeats offers premium unique Champions tickets. Champions tickets may be purchased online through our guaranteed safe and secure server. For faster service please order tickets through our web site . Buy ChampionsTickets Now ! The Champions on Ice tour, which features some of the worlds most talented and recognized figure skaters, has added newly crowned U.S. men's champion Johnny Weir and ice dancing champions Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto to its lineup. U.S. bronze medalist Jennifer Kirk has also been added. This will her first full tour with Champions on Ice. Weir left the crowd in Atlanta spellbound by his performance at the 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships last month. He effortlessly landed eight triple jumps to win his first U.S. medal on the senior level. Belbin and Agosto won their first U.S. title and dazzled the fans with their creative rendition to a medley of songs from "West Side Story" in their free dance. The additions of such high talents as Weir and Belbin and Agosto increase the star studded power to an already electrifying cast. The tour also features Michelle Kwan, who captured her eighth U.S. title in Atlanta, as well as Sasha Cohen, a three-time U.S. silver medalist and one of the top stars in the international circuit this season. Kwan and Cohen are projected to be two of the top stars at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy.
USA Gymnastics Official Biography: Natalie Lacuesta The USA Gymnastics official biography of Natalie Lacuesta, national team member . Natalie and her older sister both started out as figure skaters but http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/athletes/bios/l/nlacuesta.html
Extractions: Natalie is one of two daughters born to Rodolfo and Evelyn Lacuesta. She is a two-time senior and junior national champion. Natalie and her older sister both started out as figure skaters but switched to rhythmic gymnastics. She enjoys writing poetry and her favorite subjects are math and French. Natalie's favorite book is The Stranger by Albert Camus. She is an accomplished ballerina and plans on a career in the performing arts. 1999 Grand Prix Tournament Danube Cub, Bratislava, SLO; 17-th AA
Biography Of Sonja Henie of the life and career of Sonja Henie. for all the great figure skaters who would follow her in this sportBiography of sonja henie. http://wa.essortment.com/figureskatingm_rnau.htm
Extractions: Biography of sonja henie Description of the life and career of Sonja Henie. Ice skating and film accomplishments are highlighted. Sonja Henie was born on April 8, 1912. Her birthplace was then know as Kristiania, Norway but is now known as Oslo, Norway. Henie began ice-skating at age six and soon began winning competitions in the sport. She was also known for transforming figure skating into a more graceful and popular event by incorporating ballet maneuvers and dance choreography into figure skating. She was the first skater to ever wear a skirt that came above her knees with white skates which is a look that is very much in style even today. She began as an amateur skater but evolved into a trendsetter for all the great figure skaters who would follow her in this sport In addition to figure skating, Henie was also a ranked Norwegian tennis player after winning three championships in 1936, an excellent swimmer, an equestrienne, and a highly competent ballerina. She was the first woman ever to receive a medal from the Norwegian government for her versatility and achievement in sports. Henie placed second in an amateur automobile race held in Stockholm in 1932. Despite not winning an Olympic medal in her debut appearance, Henie went on to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in her those Olympic Winter Games appearances. Her first medal was obtained in 1928 at Saint Mortiz, Switzerland, her second came from
