Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan is an American figure skater, the most decorated in U.S. history.
She won five World Championships and nine U.S.
Championships between 1996 and 2005, though Olympic gold eluded her—she took silver in 1998 and bronze in 2002.
Her name became synonymous with American figure skating excellence: She's the Michelle Kwan of gymnastics.
Designing performance movement sequences
- quadEnclosed campus lawn
- salchowFigure skating jump
- axelRotating ice leap
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
blade · rink · ice · costumes · edges · jumps · spins · landing
Effortless beauty of motion
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- lyricalMusically expressive
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
musicality · fluidity · beauty · emotional · storytelling · performance · presence · Salome
First to forge ahead
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
influence · mentor · philanthropy · heroine · legendary
choreography
Designing performance movement sequences
footwork · blade · rink · ice · costumes · edges · jumps · spins · landing
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
expressive · musicality · fluidity · beauty · emotional · storytelling · performance · presence · Salome · Scheherazade
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
inspiration · influence · mentor · philanthropy · heroine · legendary
podium
Raised platform for speakers
Nagano
Central Honshu prefecture
- TorinoItalian name for Turin
- Skatersfigure skater, ice skater, speed skater, inline skater, skateboarder
- SportswomenSerena Williams, Venus Williams, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King, Simone Biles
- figure skatingspins, triple lutz, edges, footwork, ice dancing
Michelle KwanTonya Harding
poor sport · sore loser · villain · O.J. Simpson · Lance Armstrong