Kristi Yamaguchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kristi Yamaguchi

American figure skater

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1971

Place of Birth: Hayward, California, United States

Profession: writer, children's writer, television actor, figure skater

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Kristi Yamaguchi

  • Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former figure skater.
  • In ladies' singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1991 and 1992), and the 1992 U.S.
  • champion.
  • As a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo, she is the 1988 World Junior champion and a two-time national champion (1989 and 1990).
  • In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S.
  • Olympic Hall of Fame.
  • In 2008, Yamaguchi became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars. Kristi Yamaguchi was born on July 12, 1971, in Hayward, California, to Jim Yamaguchi, a dentist, and Carole (née Doi), a medical secretary.
  • Yamaguchi is Sansei (a third-generation descendant of Japanese emigrants).
  • Her paternal grandparents and maternal great-grandparents emigrated to the United States from Japan, originating from Wakayama Prefecture and Saga Prefecture.
  • Yamaguchi's grandparents were sent to an internment camp during World War II, where her mother was born.
  • Her maternal grandfather, George A.
  • Doi, was in the U.S.
  • Army and fought in Germany and France during World War II during the time his family was interned at the Heart Mountain and Amache camps.
  • Research done in 2010 by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  • for the PBS series Faces of America showed that Yamaguchi's heritage can be traced back to Wakayama and Saga prefectures in Japan and that her paternal grandfather, Tatsuichi Yamaguchi, emigrated to Hawaii in 1899.Yamaguchi and her siblings, Brett and Lori, grew up in Fremont, California.
  • In order to accommodate her training schedule, Yamaguchi was home-schooled for her first two years of high school, but attended Mission San Jose High School for her junior and senior years, where she graduated.Yamaguchi began skating and taking ballet lessons, as a child, as physical therapy for her club feet.

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