Michelle Kwan

Michelle Wing Kwan (Chinese: 關穎珊, pinyin:Guān Yǐngshān) (born July 7, 1980) is a Chinese American figure skater who has won an unprecedented 42 championships, making her the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history.

Factoids

• Famed wedding dress designer Vera Wang, who herself was a figure skater, has designed many of Michelle Kwan's costumes.
• In 1999 she appeared in Michelle Kwan Figure Skating computer game.
• Michelle always wears a good luck necklace that her grandmother gave her.
• Michelle finished 11th grade with a 3.8 GPA and 12th grade with a 3.9 GPA, for a cumulative high school GPA of 3.61.
• She had to go behind her then-coach Frank Carroll's back in order to move up to the senior level.
• Michelle had a pet squirrel when she was younger
• Her sister Karen also skated competitively at the elite level, finishing 6th at Nationals in 1997.
• When she first lived at Ice Castle, she lived in the cabin called, "Debi Thomas' Teepee."