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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. Early life [ edit ]
Apr 10, 2024 · Explore the life of figure-skating legend Dorothy Hamill, winner of both Olympic gold and a Daytime Emmy, at Biography.com.
Jun 6, 2024 · Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater who won the gold medal for women’s figure skating in the 1976 Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. She is also known for her haircut, which was widely imitated, and for a skating spin known as the Hamill camel.
Aug 3, 2022 · Dorothy Hamill presents the Golden Plate Award to Grant Hill, All-American basketball player at Duke and NBA All-Star for the Detroit Pistons, at the 1999 American Academy of Achievement awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Oct 3, 2007 · It has been more than 30 years since a 19-year-old Dorothy Hamill captured America’s heart — and an Olympic gold medal — as the queen of figure skating. Now, she’s finally ready to tell the story...
Dorothy Hamill was born on 26 July 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Romeo and Juliet on Ice (1983), Blades of Glory (2007) and The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice (1984).
Ice skater Dorothy Hamill’s gold-medal winning performance at Innsbruck 1976 earned her a permanent place in the hearts of her fellow Americans. And almost four decades later her own love affair with the ice remains undimmed.
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May 14, 2018 · I n the mid-1970s, American figure skater Dorothy Hamill was the leader in her field, capping her success with a gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics. She was known for her signature "Hamill camel" and wedge/bob haircut which started a fashion craze.
At the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics, Dorothy Hamill became America’s darling with her beautiful skating, her new hairdo, and her button-cute squint as she tried to read her scores. The hairdo was a new creation and made a household word as women everywhere asked for a “Hamill Cut.”
Dorothy Hamill is an American former figure skater who won the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1976. The Chicago native began skating on a pond behind her grandparents’ home and started winning figure skating competitions by the age of 11.
