Tara Lipinski is an well known American former professional figure skater, actress, sports commentator and a documentary film producer. A former competitor in women’ singles, she is the 1998 Olympic champion, the 1997 world champion, a 2 time Series Final champion and the 1997 US national champion.
| Full Name | Tara Kristen Lipinski |
| Birth Date | 10 June 1982 |
| Birth Place | Philadelphia, US |
| Profession | Figure Skater / Spokesperson |
| Nationality | American |
| Zodiac | Gemini |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in |
| Weight | 46 kg |
| Eye Color | Green |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Life & Career |
Tara Lipinski, the famous figure skater was born on 10th of June 1982, in Philadelphia, USA. Tara’s father, Jack Lipinski, made a fortune as the CEO of CVR Energy, a multibillion-dollar oil and gas corporation. Jack worked for the firm for 16 years, 12 of which he was the CEO. When Lipinski was 2 years old and watched the 1984 Summer Olympics, she pretended to be a gold champion by standing on a Tupperware container.
Lipinski grew raised in New Jersey and learned to roller skate before entering kindergarten. She began competing a few years later, and in the 1991 United States Roller Skating Championships, she won the major girls freestyle event. She began figure skating classes at the University of Delaware when she was nine years old.
After her father was promoted at work, the family relocated to Texas in 1991. Lipinski and her mother returned to the East 2 years later to pursue her training, but her father remained in Texas to support the family. Lipinski and her mother then relocated to Bloomfield, Michigan, to study with Richard Callaghan at the Detroit Skating Club a year later.
She won many podium positions at various figure skating championships in 1994 and 1995, frequently becoming the youngest figure skater to ever do so. With the help of famous coach Callaghan, she became even more of a force on the ice, and in 1997, at the age of 14, she became the youngest person to win both the US and World Championships.
Ballet teacher Marina Sheffer advised her to utilize cinematic soundtrack for both her short programme and free skate. The American press lauded the Kwan-Lipinski rivalry. Kwan beat Lipinski for the first skate in three events at Skate America, taking the gold medal. Lipinski fell during her short programme at the 1998 US Figure Skating Championships, finishing second behind Kwan. Lipinski and Kwan were big favorites to win gold.
In Nagano, Japan, Kwan won the short programme while Lipinski took second. Throughout her long programme, Lipinski landed 7 triples, including her signature triple loop-triple loop. Lipinski won the gold medal with scores of 5.8 and 5.9, becoming the youngest female Olympic gold medalist in figure skating history.
Lipinski has an agreement with CBS to do some acting and compete in non-sanctioned competitions and skating events. She featured on CBS’s Ice Wars and skated in over 300 live programmes. Lipinski joined the cast of Stars on Ice and performed in over 90 locations across the United States. She returned to Stars on Ice for a second season in 1999.
She has appeared in TV series for the Fox Family Network and Nickelodeon, including the serial opera The Young and the Restless. In her free skating performance, Lipinski accomplished a triple flip, a triple toe loop, and a triple salchow, making her the youngest skater to win the World Professional Figure Skating Championships.
Tara and fellow former Olympian Johnny Weir served as the principal commentators for the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the 2018 Pyeong Chang Olympics. Every year, the two also act as fashion and lifestyle specialists, at the Kentucky Derby and as culture correspondents, during the Summer Olympics.
| Personal Life & Relationships |
Apart from the career of figure skating, Tara serves to many charitable organizations who are determined for the welfares of children studies and humanity. Tare is actively seen participating in the events and functions of those organizations, helping them with a huge amount occasionally.
Todd Kapostasy, a television producer, proposed to Tara in 2015. In June 2017, they married in Charleston, South Carolina. They live in their $11 million oceanfront property in Kiawah, South Carolina, which is considered to be worth.
| Net Worth |
Tara Lipinski is a multi-millionaire with a net worth of $25 million USD. Tara also has a $2.85 million property in Santa Monica, California, which she purchased in year 2005. The house is now believed to be worth $5 million.
Tara also bought a house in the Pacific Palisades district of Los Angeles in June of 2021. The total cost of the deal was $8.4 million.