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| .....Rohene Ward was doing triple toes by the time he was 11 years old. ....Rory Flack Burghart is working on a singing career. She has recorded one song. ....Ami Parekh in 2000 became the first India - American to win the juvenile level North Atlantic Regional Championship. She also became the first India - American to win the Intermediate level North Atlantic Regional Championship in 2001. ....Ami Parekh was a participant in the 2002 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. She tied for 59th place. . ....Richard Ewell III became the first African - American member of a figure skating club (All Year FSC) in the mid - 1960's ....Richard Ewell III in 1970 was the first African - American to win the U.S. Junior Men's title. ....Michelle McCladdie and Richard Ewell III were the first African - Americans to win the U.S. Junior pairs title in 1972. ....Atoy Wilson was the first African - American to win the U.S. Novice title in 1966. ....Atoy Wison was the first African - American to tour with the Ice Follies ....Bobby Beauchamp was the first African - American to win the World Junior silver medal in 1979. ....Tiffani Tucker and Franklyn Singley were the first African - American ice dance team. ....Joy Thomas was the Whitney Houston ice skating double in the movie, " The Preacher's Wife". ....Debi Thomas was the first skater to dethrone Katarina Witt from the World title in 1987. ....Debi Thomas, in 1988, was the first African - American athlete to win an Olympic medal in the Winter Games. .... Andrea Gardiner was the first African - American woman to win the Junior Ladies title at the 1997 U. S Figure Skating Championships. ....Kristine Stone - Cruz is the first recongnized Senior Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation member. ....Jaclyn Ward in 2002 was the first African - American to earn her national judging appoinment. ....Debi Thomas in 2000 was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. ....Derrick Delmore 1998 was the first African - American male to win the World Junior title. ....Joy Thomas won her grade school science fair 5 times in a row. ....Amanda Ward was on the cover of Sports Illustrated at the age of 8. ....Victor Travis portrayed a young vision of Scott Hamilton during the 2001 Stars on Ice tour stop in Cleveland. ....Tai Babilonia was the first woman of African decent to win a World Championship in 1979. She and Randy Gardner won the pairs title. ....Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner recieved the highest scores for a pair ever at the 1979 National championships. ....Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner became the youngest pair in 1974 to represent the U.S. at the World champships - their ages 14 and 16. ....Tai and Randy became the first recipients of the Olympic Spirit Awards in 1987. ....Collin Thompson became the first skater since Kurt Bowning to win a Canadian junior title after perviously winning the Canadian national novice crown. ....Emanuel Sandhu was enrolled in ballet, jazz and tap dance classes at age 4. At age 7 he attended Toronto's National Ballet. Four years later he toured Japan as the "Naughty Boy" in the Nutcracker. ....Emanuel Sandhu landed a Canadian record of 9 triple jumps at the 1998 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. ....Megan Wing received a BA with Honors in Psychology. ....Lenny Raney was a pricipal skater performing during the televised opening ceremonies at the 2002 Paralympics held at Salt Lake City. ....Lenny Raney is an accomplished pianist. ....Lenny Raney has received the Highest Honor Award from the Royal Academy of Music.He received this award 3 times. ....Jackson Raney appeared on the cereal boxes for 2 Post cereal advertisment campaigns. ....Tiffany St. Bernard started skating at the age of 2. ....Ami Parekh is the 2004 Senior Vocabulary runner up at the North South Foundation National Spelling Bee. ....Victoria Muniz was the first person of Puerto Rican descend to compete in an International Figure Skating competition. She competed at Copenhagen Trophy in Denmark and finished 7th. ....Jordan Wilson is the recipient of the 2005 PSA Award. ....Amari Yarbrough is a novelist. ....Simeon Hanks was the Debi Thomas Scholarship recipient in 1997. ....Jennifer Goolsbee did off ice skating with a dance troupe in Miami. ....Vanessa James became the first black figure skating champion for Great Britian. ....Richard Ewell III was the first African American to win the National title in both pairs and singles. ....Richard Ewell III tour with the Ice Capades for 12 years. ....Ami Parekh became the first Lady to represent India at the World Championships in 2007 TO BE CONTINUED............................... |
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