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Sarah Hughes
- Alternative meaning: Judge Sarah T. Hughes
Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985 in Great Neck, New York) is the Olympic gold medalist in women's figure skating in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
A resident of Great Neck, New York, Hughes won a surprising, close contest in the 2002 Olympic women's figure skating event, narrowly edging Russia's Irina Slutskaya on a tiebreaker. In her long program, Hughes landed seven triple jumps, including two triple-triple combinations. She had been in fourth place going into the long program.
Despite appearing on the cover of Time magazine the week before the event, Hughes was considered the third-best American skater at the 2002 Olympics, behind favorite Michelle Kwan and fellow teen phenom Sasha Cohen.
She was an undergraduate at Yale University, but this year (2004-2005), she has decided to skate professionally with the Smucker's Stars On Ice tour company.
External links
- The Unofficial Sarah Hughes Webpage http://www.dianesrink.com/sarah/
- USFSA Athlete Bio: Sarah Hughes http://www.usfsa.org/AthleteBio.asp?id=2266
- Time Magazine's Person of the Week: Sarah Hughes http://www.time.com/time/olympics2002/article/0,8599,212339,00.html : February 22, 2002