Biography
Tonya harding is a scandalous American figure skater, speaking in single skating. The second in the history of figure skating athlete and the first American, who completed the Triple Axel at competitions. Tonya - USA champion in figure skating 1991 and the winner of the world championship. It was famous in the 90s after participating in a loud scandal, destroyed Tony's sports career.Childhood and youth
The future athlete was born in autumn, November 12, 1970, in Portland State Oregon. At the father of the girl - Ela Harding - the periods arose in difficulty with health, so he did not work for some time.
According to Tony, the mother of La is beat the girl at home, but the woman denied the words of his daughter. Everything else, outfits, in which the figure skate showed shows, made by Mom.
The girl left the school, without accustomed in the second year of senior classes. For the first time I received money for the competition in secondary classes.
Figure skating
Tony Harding's career biography began from small years. As a child, the girl appeared on the ice and carried out those elements that were not obtained from other guys. Already then they celebrated the talent of a young athlete and the desire to work.
Harding went to success progressively. At first she was only the 6th in the US Championship of 1986, then rose to the step higher in 1987 and 1988, and in 1989 he became a winner, having achieved a third place. The girl was considered the main contender for the title of the US Champion 1990. But Tonya picked up the cold, and the old disease - asthma - gave themselves to know. As a result, the athlete dirty fulfilled the arbitrary program and rolled until the seventh place.
Two years later, a breakthrough in his career happened. At the US Championship of 1991, she fulfilled her first triple Axel, receiving 6.0 for the technique, and earned championship. Shortly before the start of the speech, the athlete was late due to traffic jams and traveled to the competition site in all possible ways. The global championship became successful for the girl in the performance of technology, but, without demonstrating a number of mandatory elements, the sinking rose on the second step of the pedestal.
In total, there was four triple axel for the sports career in Tonya Harding. At the stage of the Grand Prix of 1991, the girl demonstrated the ability to no longer speak twenty years. She first in the world successfully completed Triple Axel in a short program; The first in the world was able to fulfill two triple axel at one competition.
The girl became the first man in the world who fulfilled the cascade with a triple accele. After a number of successfully performed elements of the athlete subsequently, a triple jump never succeeded, and the girl's career went down.
In 1992, Tonya was injured. Because of the problem with the leg, the girl won the 3rd place at the US Championship. Then came the time of the winter Olympics of 1992. At competitions, about which every athlete dreams all his life, the girl became the fourth. The 1992 World Championship also did not succeed. Harding was far from prizes, becoming the sixth.
The competence season occurred was critical for the athlete: the girl was not allowed to participate in the World Cup. Despite the achievements, the real glory came to the tone as soon as she was involved in a crime.
During the passage of the competition, the main rival Tony - Nancy Kerrigan - unexpectedly hit her leg. The girl starred from participating in the battle, and in 1994, Tonya Harding got up on the first step of the pedestal at the US Championship.
After the case, the sampling took place to participate in the 1994 Olympic Competitions, where he took the eighth line. Kerrigan received the 2nd prize place. However, later it came to the news that a sony with a former husband agreed with a friend that he strikes Nancy Kerrigan. It was expected that the attacker would choose the athlete's knee cups, but he missed and hit her leg above the knee. The network has many photos of the incident.
A scandal broke out around the athlete. She denied involvement in attack, but a former husband and friend gave testimony against Tony. It was finished in three years of conventionally, 500 hours of public works and a fine of $ 160 thousand. Men received a prison period for two years. The scandal achieved apogee when, in the journal "Penthouse", pictures of the first marriage night of former spouses appeared.
After the catastrophic scandal, the sports company Nike has allocated 25 thousand dollars to the Tony Protection Fund, and Reebok adopted the side of Nancy. According to the result, the US figure skating Association has deprived of all titles and removed the girl for life from participating in curly skating competitions.
Tonya assured that it was not guilty of the attack and, protesting, piled a tattoo on his back in the form of an angel. In 2008, she released an autobiography in which he said that he knew about the preparing crime and wanted to call the FBI, but Jeff Gillowuli threatened the girl with a gun, and she refused to ideas. Hillouli himself, after leaving prison, I changed the surname to Stone, ridiculed the statements of the ex-wife.
Personal life
In 1990, Tony Harding entered into a marriage with Jeff Gilotuli. Three years later, the marriage collapsed. There were no children from the former spouses.
In 2002, a woman appeared in a boxing duel with a hollow Jones.
In August 2002, he was detained for 10 days for drunk driving.
Since 2003, he took up boxing and even won several prizes. In a year, he signed a contract for one game with Indiapolis Ice of the main hockey league.
In 2010, Tonya Harding was combined with a marriage with Joseph Jenz Price. In 2011, the spouses were born firstborn.
Tony Harding now
Now the way is busy with raising a child and boxing.
In 2017, the film "Tonya against All" took place at the Film Festival in Toronto about the career of the former champion. Tama on the screen embodied Margot Robbie, and Ellison Jenny, who played the mother of the girl, received the Golden Globe Prize for the fulfillment of the role of the second plan.
Despite the scandalous reputation, Tony still has a huge fan club. Fans admire the story of a little girl who went to success on their own. And about the attack fans say that everyone has the right to make a mistake.
Awards and achievements
- 1985-1986 - US Championship - 6th place
- 1986-1987 - Grand Prix Stages: SKATE AMERICA - 2nd place
- 1987-1988 - Grand Prix Stages: NHK Trophy - 3
- 1988-1989 - US Championship - 3rd place
- 1988-1989 - the prize of the Moscow News newspaper - 1 place
- 1989-1990 - Grand Prix Stages: Skate America - 1st place
- 1989-1990 - Nations Cup - 1st place
- 1990-1991 - World Cup - 2nd place
- 1990-1991 - US Championship - 1st place
- 1990-1991 - Grand Prix Stages: NHK TROPHY - 2nd place
- 1990-1991 - U.S. OlympicFestival - 1 bed
- 1991-1992 - Winter Olympic Games - 4th place
- 1991-1992 - US Championship - 3rd place
- 1991-1992 - Grand Prix Stages: Skate America - 1st place
- 1992-1993 - US Championship - 4th place
- 1992-1993 - Grand Prix Stages: NHK Trophy - 4th place
- 1993-1994 - Winter Olympic Games - 8th place
- 1993-1994 - US Championship - 1st place
- 1993-1994 - Grand Prix Stages: Skate America - 3rd place