Kristi Yamaguchi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kristi Yamaguchi
Occupation	Figure Skater
Date Of Birth	Jul 12, 1971(1971-07-12)
Age	53
Birthplace	Hayward
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Cancer

Kristi Yamaguchi Biography

Kristi Yamaguchi is one of the most popular and richest Figure Skater who was born on July 12, 1971 in Hayward, California, United States. Japanese-American figure skater who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1992 Albertville Olympics, and also won two World Figure Skating Championships. She competed on the sixth season of Dancing With The Stars.

She was paired with Mark Ballas on Dancing with the Stars.

Kristine Tsuya “Kristi” 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.

With Rudy Galindo she won the junior title at the U.S. championships in 1986. Two years later, Yamaguchi won the singles and, with Galindo, the pairs titles at the 1988 World Junior Championships; Galindo had won the 1987 World Junior Championship in singles. In 1989 Yamaguchi and Galindo won the senior pairs title at the U.S. Championships. They won the title again in 1990.

She married Bret Hedican on July 8, 2000. The couple has two daughters named Keara and Emma.

Kristi Yamaguchi Net Worth

Kristi Yamaguchi is one of the richest Figure Skater from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kristi Yamaguchi 's net worth $8 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She started skating in order to rehabilitate her club foot.

She became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars.

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Kristi Yamaguchi height 4 ft 11 in Kristi weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Kristi Yamaguchi Dating?

According to our records, Kristi Yamaguchi married to Bret Hedican. As of December 1, 2023, Kristi Yamaguchi’s is not dating anyone.

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Yamaguchi made a fitness video with the California Raisins in 1993 called “Hip to be Fit: The California Raisins and Kristi Yamaguchi”. She has appeared as herself on Everybody Loves Raymond and in D2: The Mighty Ducks, Frosted Pink, and the Disney Channel original movie Go Figure. Yamaguchi has also performed in numerous television skating specials, including the Disney special Aladdin on Ice, in which she played Princess Jasmine.

Facts & Trivia

Kristi Ranked on the list of most popular Figure Skater. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kristi Yamaguchi celebrates birthday on July 12 of every year.

On July 8, 2000, she married Bret Hedican, a professional hockey player she met at the 1992 Winter Olympics when he played for Team USA. After their wedding, Yamaguchi and Hedican resided in Raleigh, North Carolina where Hedican played for the Carolina Hurricanes NHL team and won his only Stanley Cup in 2006. He played for one year with the Anaheim Ducks and they now live in Alamo, California in Northern California with their two daughters, Keara Kiyomi (born 2003) and Emma Yoshiko (born 2005). In 2011, she authored a children’s book, Dream Big, Little Pig!, with illustrator Tim Bowers.

What does Kristi Yamaguchi do now?

However, she’s now a skating mom. Her 15-year-old daughter Emma skates, though not competitively, and for the last nine years has been coached by Yamaguchi’s former pairs partner Rudy Galindo. Before Yamaguchi went on to become a U.S., World and Olympic champion in singles, she and Galindo won two U.S. pairs titles.

Is Yamaguchi rich?

What Is Kristi Yamaguchi’s Net Worth? Kristi Yamaguchi is an American former figure skater and author who has a net worth of $8 million. Yamaguchi earned fame and fortune as an Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater and media commentator.

Who is Kristi Yamaguchi's husband?

Bret Hedican

Does Kristi Yamaguchi speak Japanese?

Yamaguchi, from Fremont, Calif., speaks virtually no Japanese. ”A lot of times Japanese reporters say to me, Your English is pretty good, ” Yamaguchi said.

Where is Tonya Harding now?

Harding now lives in Vancouver and shares one son with her third husband, Joseph Price. Despite being one of the most well-known figure skaters in history, the Olympian admits she “hasn’t been in the rink for almost two years” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, she chooses to to spend much of her time at home.