Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956) is an American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion.
Hamill was born in Chicago to Chalmers and Carol Hamill. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut, where Hamill subsequently spent the rest of her childhood. She has a brother and a sister. Hamill started ice skating when she was eight years old on her grandparents' backyard pond. Her ...
more
Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956) is an American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion.
Hamill was born in Chicago to Chalmers and Carol Hamill. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut, where Hamill subsequently spent the rest of her childhood. She has a brother and a sister. Hamill started ice skating when she was eight years old on her grandparents' backyard pond. Her skates were too big, so her mom would put stuffing in the toes to make them fit. She asked her mother if she could have lessons so she could learn to skate backwards. Her mother said yes. When she was 12, one morning Hamill couldn't wake her mother Carol for practice at 4:30 a.m. After awakening, Carol found her daughter walking alone in the cold to the rink, 10 miles away, with her skates slung over her shoulder.
Hamill was U.S. champion from 1974 through 1976. She is credited with developing a new skating move; a camel spin that turns into a...
less
