Tara Lipinski

Internationally acclaimed figure skater Tara Lipinski won over the world’s hearts when she earned the gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics at the age of 15, earning her the distinction as the youngest individual gold medalist ever in Winter Games history.

Today, Lipinski is a figure skating analyst for NBC Sports Group, working on its coverage of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, World Championships, the ISU Grand Prix Series, and NBC Olympics’ coverage of the Winter Games including the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, and 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. She was previously an NBC Olympics correspondent during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Lipinski has also served as a fashion and lifestyle correspondent for NBC Sports Group at the Kentucky Derby and as an event reporter for NBC’s pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLIX. She worked for Access Hollywood on its coverage of the 2014 Academy Awards.

A member of the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, Lipinski’s figure skating career skyrocketed in 1994 at the age of 12 when she became the youngest person to win a gold medal at the junior-level U.S. Olympic Festival. At 14, she was the youngest person to win the U.S. and World Championships. Lipinski is also a 2x Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final champion and is the first woman to ever complete a triple loop-triple loop combination in competition, a signature element of her performances.

Lipinski has worked with many of the world’s top media outlets and partnered with sponsors, further burnishing her global stature as an iconic Olympian of accomplishment and inspiration.

She has authored two bestselling books, Totally Tara – An Olympic Journey and Triumph on Ice.