How many champ/elite skaters were only kids?

cinnamon · Jul 29, 2013

Olympia said:
Looking back, I think Dorothy Hamill was an only child, but Peggy Fleming has two or three sisters, and Janet Lynn has several brothers. Michelle Kwan of course has Karen, plus a brother. I think Tara Lipinski is an only child, but Sarah Hughes has several siblings, including skater Emily. And Alissa has a twin. Then there are the most successful skating siblings, Hayes and David Jenkins, each an Olympic gold medalist.

Janet Lynn has a younger sister.
Midori Ito has an older brother and a younger sister.

jenaj · Jul 30, 2013

Olympia said:
Looking back, I think Dorothy Hamill was an only child, but Peggy Fleming has two or three sisters, and Janet Lynn has several brothers. Michelle Kwan of course has Karen, plus a brother. I think Tara Lipinski is an only child, but Sarah Hughes has several siblings, including skater Emily. And Alissa has a twin. Then there are the most successful skating siblings, Hayes and David Jenkins, each an Olympic gold medalist.

Dorothy Hamill has a brother.

karne · Jul 30, 2013

CaroLiza_fan said:
like they were named after famous people that most people on your side of the Atlantic would be familiar with, but people on this side of the Atlantic would not.

Methinks you need to revise your geography...as Australia is nowhere near the Atlantic.

ciocio · Jul 30, 2013

karne said:
Evgeni Plushenko has a younger sister whom he provides for.

Plushenko's sister is older, not younger.

plushyfan · Jul 30, 2013

ciocio said:
Plushenko's sister is older, not younger.

yes, but Plushy cares for her and helps them , because she divorced from her husband ...

CaroLiza_fan · Jul 30, 2013

karne said:
CaroLiza_fan said:

I though it was something more complicated, like they were named after famous people that most people on your side of the Atlantic would be familiar with, but people on this side of the Atlantic would not.

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Methinks you need to revise your geography...as Australia is nowhere near the Atlantic.

Oops!

Sorry, Karne! :eek:

: I forgot you were the Australian member. :slink:

Oh well, I suppose it's easy to forget who is who when you haven't been chatting on the forum for a while. And because you've taken your location off your profile, there wasn't anything to remind me.

But, that's no excuse for me saying something stupid! I will be more careful in thinking about what I write in future.

Apologies again.

CaroLiza_fan (who from now on should probably be known as "The Thick Paddy"!!!)

karne · Jul 30, 2013

CaroLiza_fan said:
Oops! Sorry, Karne! : I forgot you were the Australian member.

Oh well, I suppose it's easy to forget who is who when you haven't been chatting on the forum for a while. And because you've taken your location off your profile, there wasn't anything to remind me.

But, that's no excuse for me saying something stupid! I will be more careful in thinking about what I write in future.

Apologies again.

CaroLiza_fan (who from now on should probably be known as "The Thick Paddy"!!!)

Awwww, don't feel bad

My penchant for young American men probably confuses many!

CaroLiza_fan · Jul 30, 2013

karne said:
Awwww, don't feel bad My penchant for young American men probably confuses many!

And my penchant for young Russian ladies probably does the same!!!

vera01 said:
I'm wondering if both Davis/White are only children. I've never heard about them having any sisters or brothers.

Getting back on subject, and the Ice Network profile for Davis/White tells us that Charlie is the youngest of five children (one brother and three sisters):

http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38007&mode=P

Unfortunately, they do not go into any more details about his family.

Ice Network also tells us that Meryl has a younger brother called Clayton who, at the time it was written, was 22. There is a photo of them with their grandparents at the bottom of this story on the Team USA website:

http://www.teamusa.org/Road-to-Sochi-2014/Features/2013/March/11/Meryl-Davis-Canadian-Connection

Neither website mentions any other siblings for Meryl, so I assume that it is just her and Clayton.

CaroLiza_fan

Olympia · Jul 30, 2013

jenaj said:
Dorothy Hamill has a brother.

Thanks for the correction. I had forgotten.

Jaana · Jul 30, 2013

Evan Lysacek has sisters, I don´t remember how many (2 or 3).

gkelly · Jul 30, 2013

I know Elaine Zayak had an older sister. She may also have had a brother -- I don't remember for sure.

ciocio · Jul 30, 2013

Jaana said:
Evan Lysacek has sisters, I don´t remember how many (2 or 3).

As far a I remember he has two sisters, one is older and the other one is younger. Hope I'm not wrong. :slink:

Nigel · Jul 30, 2013

Olympia said:
Looking back, I think Dorothy Hamill was an only child, but Peggy Fleming has two or three sisters, and Janet Lynn has several brothers. Michelle Kwan of course has Karen, plus a brother. I think Tara Lipinski is an only child, but Sarah Hughes has several siblings, including skater Emily. And Alissa has a twin. Then there are the most successful skating siblings, Hayes and David Jenkins, each an Olympic gold medalist.

What's difficult for skating champions' parents is probably keeping the other sibling(s) in the spotlight as well. Money is only part of the problem: it's also time. Skate parents spend a lot of time ferrying the skater to and from practice, sitting in the rink and waiting, and maybe traveling to competitions when the child is young. What's left over for the other siblings' class play or violin recital? I read the post that YuNa's sister had to give up her dreams of singing, and I feel sad for her. I wonder why she couldn't try her hand at singing now: it isn't as if you have to be a certain age to embark on a singing career. It's not like skating, where your skills peak and then diminish.

Hamill has two older siblings.
Hughes has five siblings
Lysacek has one older and one younger sister

KKonas · Jul 30, 2013

vera01 said:
I'm wondering if both Davis/White are only children. I've never heard about them having any sisters or brothers.

Davis has a younger brother, Clayton. White is the youngest in a family of three older sisters, Emily, Stephanie, Lindsay and an older brother Jason.

dorispulaski · Jul 31, 2013

Carol Heiss had a sister Nancy and brother, both of whom skated. Nancy was US Junior champion in 1955 and senior silver medallist in 1959. Wikipedia has no separate entry for Bruce.

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