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Dorothy Hamill Biography

Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion and 1976 World champion in ladies' singles.

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Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

Flaws, Ice, Should Have, Sports, Thinking, Time

I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.

Help, Help Me, Helping, Left, Skate, Sports

My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice skating lessons, and it got to the point where they really needed my mom to earn an income.

Lessons, Mom, Mother, Sports, Time

I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that I would, but I dreamed about it.

Gold, Medal, Olympics, Thinking, Thought, Winning

My coach was a great politician, so he did most of the work. He was good.

Coach, Coaches, Good, Politician, Work

It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it.

Days, Firefighter, Parent, Parents, Sports, Stay

There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.

Competition, Olympics, Seeing, Skating, Sports, Won

I worked as hard as I could. I was always the first one on the ice, and the last one off.

Hard, Ice, Worked

I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I'm going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love to read now, but I don't remember reading.

Daughter, Mother, Sports, Thing

In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating. Partying wasnt my thing anyway. Mostly I hung out with other skaters. We were all buddies, so its not like I missed out on socializing. I was really enjoying myself.

Anyway, Mostly, Party, Skating, Thing, Years

In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I guess I was going in the right direction.

Group, Lesson, Numbers, Right, Sports, Thinking

To be the world's best, you have to beat the world's best.

Beat, Beats, World

You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.

Cake, Four, Olympics, See, Would Be

If I'm on skates, I feel at home no matter what I'm doing. If they wanted me to sing and dance I think I could do it just becauseI was on skates. When I'm not on skates, though, I feel very strange.

Dance, Home, Ice Skating, Skates, Thinking, Though

Dorothy Hamill Biography

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