Harding and Kerrigan had competed against each other for years, including in the 1992 Olympic Games, when Kerrigan took home bronze and Harding took home fourth.
The hitman clubbed Kerrigan in the knee with a police baton, seriously bruising her kneecap and quadriceps tendon and preventing her from participating in the championships. Figure Skating Championships, Harding’s ex-husband Gillooly hired a hitman to assault competitor Kerrigan. In a practice leading up to the 1994 U.S. Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding was booked in 1994 for her part in the infamous attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan.
He served time in prison and changed his name to Jeff Stone upon his release in 1995 and took a job as a used car salesman. Gillooly later pleaded guilty to helping Harding plan the Kerrigan attack. In January 1994, Harding earned notoriety when Gillooly hired a hitman to assault fellow U.S. He often served as Harding's manager, and she accused him of abuse, filing for divorce twice. Harding was married to her first husband, Gillooly, a conveyor belt operator, from 1990 until 1993. Figure Skating Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She made history the previous year when she became the first woman to land a triple axel jump in competition at the 1991 U.S. Harding took the silver medal at the world championships and placed fourth at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France. Harding won her first national title in 1991, also becoming the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition. Harding dropped out of high school during her sophomore year to pursue ice skating. The daughter of LaVona and Al Harding, she began skating at the age of 3. Early Lifeįigure skater and boxer Tonya Maxine Harding was born in Portland, Oregon, on November 12, 1970. Harding returned to the public eye with the big screen release of I, Tonya in late 2017, and competed on Dancing with the Stars the following spring. Since then, Harding has made guest appearances on shows like Rosanne, Larry King Live, The Weakest Link and Celebrity Boxing. Harding pleaded guilty to hindering the investigation into Kerrigan's attack, and was subsequently banned from competing in the U.S. In 1994, she earned notoriety when ex-husband Jeff Gillooly hired a hitman to assault skater Nancy Kerrigan at the Olympic trials. In 1991, Tonya Harding won her first national skating title and became the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition.
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