Her father, John Hughes, is a Canadian of Irish descent and was one of the captains of the undefeated and untied NCAA champion 1969–70 Cornell University ice hockey team.
Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985) is a former American competitive figure skater.
Robin Wagner, who also choreographed for her from 1994, became her head coach in January 1998. Hughes won the junior title at the 1998 U.S.
Championships in the 1997–1998 season.
Robin Wagner, who also choreographed for her from 1994, became her head coach in January 1998. Hughes won the junior title at the 1998 U.S.
The following season, she competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix and won the silver medal at the 1998–1999 Junior Grand Prix Final.
She also took silver at the 1999 World Junior Championships held in November 1998.
She also took silver at the 1999 World Junior Championships held in November 1998.
ladies at the 1999 World Championships, however, Naomi Nari Nam, the silver medalist, was not age-eligible for the event according to ISU rules.
Hughes was sent to senior Worlds and finished 7th in her debut. In the 1999–2000 season, Hughes made her Grand Prix debut, winning the bronze medal at the 1999 Trophée Lalique.
She won the bronze medal at the 2000 U.S.
She placed 5th at the 2000 World Championships. In the 2000–2001 season, Hughes won three medals on the Grand Prix circuit and won the bronze medal at the 2000–2001 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
She is the 2002 Olympic Champion and the 2001 World bronze medalist in ladies' singles. ==Personal life== Hughes was born in Great Neck, New York, a suburb on Long Island.
She won the silver medal at the 2001 U.S.
At the 2001 World Championships, she won the bronze medal. In the 2001–2002 season, Hughes competed again on the Grand Prix, winning the 2001 Skate Canada International and placing second at her other two events.
She is the 2002 Olympic Champion and the 2001 World bronze medalist in ladies' singles. ==Personal life== Hughes was born in Great Neck, New York, a suburb on Long Island.
She won her second consecutive bronze medal at the Grand Prix Final and then won the bronze medal at the 2002 U.S.
Championships to qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The week before the opening of the 2002 Olympics, Hughes appeared on the cover of Time magazine. At the 2002 Olympics, Hughes placed fourth in the short program after being penalized for underrotating her triple flip and lutz.
Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the U.S. Hughes did not compete at the 2002 World Championships.
In the 2002–2003 season, she won the silver medal at the 2003 U.S.
In 2003, she began her studies at Yale University where she was in Timothy Dwight College.
In the 2002–2003 season, she won the silver medal at the 2003 U.S.
Championships and placed sixth at the 2003 World Championships. Hughes took the 2004–2005 year off from college to skate professionally with the Smuckers Stars on Ice tour company.
Championships and placed sixth at the 2003 World Championships. Hughes took the 2004–2005 year off from college to skate professionally with the Smuckers Stars on Ice tour company.
She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Richard Krawiec wrote a biography, Sudden Champion: The Sarah Hughes Story (2002). ==Skating technique== Hughes had a variety of triple-triple jump combinations, including a triple loop-triple loop, triple salchow-triple loop, and a triple toe-triple loop.
One of her younger sisters, Emily, is also a figure skater and competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
On May 25, 2009, Hughes graduated from Yale and received a bachelor's degree in American studies with a concentration in U.S.
She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School on May 15, 2018. Sarah Hughes is the fourth of six children.
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