Fun Facts
photo courtesy of Sarah Hughes
Name: Sarah Elizabeth Hughes
Birthday: May 2, 1985 (Manhasset, NY)
Height: 5'5"
Home Skating Club: The Skating Club of NY
Hometown: Great Neck, NY
Trains: New Haven, CT
School: Yale University
Costume Designers: Tania Bass, Dana Heckler, Jef Billings
Skating Boots: Klingbeil
Skaters She Admires: Michelle Kwan, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Kristi Yamaguchi, Scott Hamilton, and Ilia Kulik.
Favorites:(from USOlympicteam.com)
Movies: funny movies
TV Shows: The Today Show, Will and Grace, 7th Heaven, Seinfeld, TRL
Music: Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, boy bands
Book: The Harry Potter Series
Food: Japanese and Italian
Holiday: Christmas
Endorsements:
Capezio Skatewear
GE Spokesperson
Wheaties
Campbell Soup
Other Awards/Honors:
2002 Sullivan Award Winner
2002 USOC Sportswoman of the year
March of Dimes 2002 Sportswoman of the Year
Woman's Sports Foundation 2002 Sportswoman of the Year
IFS Magazine's 2001-2002 25 Most Influential Names in Skating List
Nominated for 5 ESPY awards (2001-2002) (winner, Best Olympian)
Nominated for 2002 Teen Choice Award
North Hempstead's Women's Roll of Honor
2000 Outstanding Achiever (Great Neck Board of Ed)
Miscellaneous: Sarah is in her freshman year at Yale University. She enjoys playing the violin, reading, and playing tennis. She was recently named Student of the Month. Sarah is the fourth of six children. She began skating at age 3 when she saw her two older brothers and sister skate. Her sister Rebecca is a graduate of Harvard. Sarah plans to study medicine in the future. Her favorite quote is "When you work hard you have fun."
Sarah has a Peggy Fleming t-shirt that she wears for good luck.
Most of this info comes from the USFSA homepage
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