Figure skating

(Lawton 135) Eating disorders are most commonly found in sports such as ballet and other types of dance, figure skating, gymnastics, swimming, rowing, running, horse racing, and ski jumping. While these are the most widely known sports that are affect by eating disorders, even athletes that participate in wrestling and body building can be affected by these diseases…

Looking at my poster, there is a variety of objects that appear to have nothing in common. What they do have in common is me. Brainstorming for this project was difficult because I thought there would be no way that a poster could summarize my life. But, as I was putting the poster together, I realized it wasn’t very hard to condense me as a person to a sheet of paper with objects on it. I chose objects that have to do with things i’m involved in or that represent who I am. I chose to include…

Introduction: Tonya Harding. The first thing a person thinks of after hearing this is another skater’s name. Nancy Kerrigan (Lowitt). Instead of being remembered as the only woman from America to land a triple axel in competition, or for any other of her accomplishments as a skater, Harding is remembered for her involvement in an incident with her rival, Nancy Kerrigan (Crossman). According to the St. Petersburg Times, “no one thinks of one without the other” (Lowitt). This is one of the ways…

In ballet, a spiral is an arabesque and I love dancing. (My mother said I tap danced the last trimester before I was born.) It’s true that I can’t get from one room to another without dancing, but when I announced to my parents that I wanted to figure skate, they wondered how a 3-year-old could know that she wanted anything so surely. They took some convincing and only after I’d ruined all the food storage containers, did they decide that I was serious. Looking back, I see that my…

Dorothy Hamill is an inspiration to all women because she won an Olympic gold medal for figure skating, conquered breast cancer, and shared her experience with chronic depression. Hamill’s Olympic journey was quite a success. According to the information presented on the Biography.com website, Hamill began skating at age eight on a pond in Greenwich, Connecticut (Biography.com Editors). After she was comfortable skating forward Hamill asked her parents to take her to an ice rink so she could…

1920s there were many celebrities and stars that Americans idolized. Sports became a major form of entertainment and most people attended movies weekly so naturally sports stars and movie gained prominence. One such person was the incredibly talented figure skater Sonja Henie. Sonja Henie made many notable achievement and had a huge impact on the sport she loved. Sonja Henie was born April 8, 1912. She was born in Norway in what is the modern day capital city of Oslo. In 1924 she appeared in…

memoir Don’t fall, don’t fall, don’t fall. These words run through my head everytime I step on the ice. Skating has been an important aspectof my life for as long as I can remember. When I was in kindergarten, I went to my first Ice show. The theme was Fire and Ice, I remember being amazed at all the skaters doing these huge jumps and fast spins. The costumes were so bright and colorful; with righnstones on them that sparkled like fresh cut diamonds. But my favorite part was when the…

Should kids be involved in Competitive Sports? This has been a topic surfing the media, and being discussed by parents all over. There have been stories of NFL players showing signs of alzheimer's at the age of 40. But, on the other hand, there have also been stories of young children finding Competitive Sports to be beneficial. This paper will argue that Competitive Sports are beneficial because they promote physical and mental health. One reason why kids should play Competitive Sports…

Throughout my life, I have always been the shy one, but as I grew up I started to blossom into a whole new person. Since I have been a figure skater, it has open many doors for me when becoming a leader. Within a year of coaching, I was asked to coach the Tot Synchronized Team (age’s four to nine). The team competed at various local competitions, including a larger event in South Lake Tahoe, where they received first place at every event within their category. In addition to coaching the Tot…

Maritza Correia made history in 2002, when she became the first black woman to break an American record. She later became the first black woman to make and actually have a spot on the Olympic swim team. Born on December 23, 1981 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Maritza Corriea is best known for her hard work in swimming and being the first black woman to make it to the Olympic swimming. She started swimming when just only 7 was! She had scoliosis and swimming helped take her mind off of her disorder.…