Still, she began climbing the ranks in the iceskating world in the mid-eighties and became the first woman to complete a triple axel in a short program, also dominating some other triple axel records in the early nineties.
Regardless, most people remember her for an attack on fellow competitor Nancy Kerrigan by Shane Stant, who was reportedly hired by Tonya Harding and her camp.
Tonya Harding is an intriguing figure.
She grew up in a troubled home with a mother who worked to make Tonya’s ice skating dream come true, but who could be hard on her and abusive.