Tonia Kwiatkowski

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tonia Kwiatkowski
Occupation	American figure skater
Date Of Birth	Feb 12, 1971(1971-02-12)
Age	53
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Tonia Kwiatkowski Biography

Tonia Kwiatkowski is one of the most popular and richest American figure skater who was born on February 12, 1971 in United States. Kwiatkowski was born on February 12, 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Lakewood High School in Ohio. In June 1994, she earned a degree in communications and psychology from Cleveland’s Baldwin-Wallace College. She was frequently lauded by television commentators for pursuing her post- secondary education while competing at the highest levels of the sport, a rare combination in figure skating, which typically demands four to six hours of daily practice to remain competitive at the elite level. While 1980s skating greats Debi Thomas (Stanford BA, Northwestern MD) and Paul Wylie (Harvard BA, MBA) had managed to do both, by Kwiatkowski’s era in the middle and late 1990s, as professional opportunities in figure skating were multiplying in the wake of the Kerrigan-Harding scandal, there were seemingly very few skaters on the scene pursuing a college degree. According to a March 18, 1996 Los Angeles Times article, Kwiatkowski’s college degree was duly noted as “…most of her competitors have not finished high school.”

Regardless, her third-place finish meant that she was on the World team and heading to the World Championships. However, she skated extremely poorly in the initial round, failing to even qualify for the main draw, leaving the U.S. with just two skaters in the ladies’ event. After Ervin finished in 14th place, heavy favorite Nancy Kerrigan skated poorly and fell from first after the short program to fifth overall, leaving the U.S. with just two berths for

1994. While Kerrigan was the logical scapegoat for this outcome, some U.S. officials were rumored to harbor resentment against Kwiatkowski as well.

Placing second in the 1996 Nationals behind Kwan assured Kwiatkowski a spot on that year’s team, and she went on to place 8th at the Worlds in a scintillating performance which included a full arsenal of triple jumps. Overshadowed by Kwan’s gold medal performance, Kwiatkowski’s finish was something of a redemption, as she delivered the elements under pressure.

Armed with her newly minted college degree, Kwiatkowski struck back with a strong performance at the 1995 U.S. Nationals, taking the lead after the short program and finishing third behind Nicole Bobek and Michelle Kwan, with a fall on a triple flip in the long program costing her a shot at the title (see 1995 Nationals review article written the following year, “Kwiatkowksi is no kid at U.S. Championships” AP News, January 17, 1996). But because of the Americans’ performance at the 1994 Worlds, only two slots were available for American ladies figure skaters, leaving Kwiatkowski off the World team in 1995.

After several strong finishes at the U.S. Nationals, Kwiatkowski made the World Championship team in 1993, an unusual year in figure skating: it was a post-Olympic year and pre-Olympic year, as the Winter Games were being switched to a different cycle so that they occurred two years after the Summer Games. As such, a number of 1992 Olympic hopefuls had moved on.

Tonia Kwiatkowski Net Worth

Tonia Kwiatkowski is one of the richest American figure skater from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tonia Kwiatkowski 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tonia Kwiatkowski (born February 12, 1971) is an American figure skater and coach. She is a two-time Winter Universiade champion, a winner of two silver medals on the Champions Series, and the 1996 U.S. national silver medalist. She finished in the top ten at two World Championships and competed in 13 U.S. Championships. Carol Heiss Jenkins and Glyn Watts were her longtime coaches. Kwiatkowski retired from amateur skating in 1998 and continues to be involved in the sport as a skater and coach.

Typically a “rebuilding” year for the sport, this post-Olympic year was different, as the U.S.’s number of Olympic berths would be determined by skaters’ performances at the 1993 World Championships. The pressure was on to send a team that could medal at Worlds and secure a full slot of Olympic berths. At these critical national championships, Kwiatkowski stood fourth after the short program. When Tonya Harding, reaching the nadir of a two-year skating slump, fell several times in her long program (after having placed second in the short program, during which her dress had come undone), and third-place Nicole Bobek struggled by also making several mistakes, fourth- place Kwiatkowski had a shot to move up onto the podium and onto the World team. With a sub-par performance, she managed to move up to third, as Carol Heiss’ other pupil Lisa Ervin pulled up from fifth to second.

Kwiatkowski did not skate well at the 1994 Nationals and finished a disappointing fifth, failing to qualify for an Olympic spot. According to an 11 February 1995 article in the Chicago Tribune, “After she placed fifth overall in the 1994 nationals last January, her coach, Carol Heiss, was being told by skating insiders that Kwiatkowski had no future in the sport.”

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Tony Ranked on the list of most popular American figure skater. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tonia Kwiatkowski celebrates birthday on February 12 of every year.