Kristi Yamaguchi-Hedican (born July 12, 1971) is an American figure skater. Kristi Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Kristi Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two national titles in 1989 and 1990 as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
Kristi Yamaguchi was a local commentator on figure skating for San Francisco TV station KNTV (NBC 11) during the 2006 Winter Olympics. In 2008, Kristi Yamaguchi became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars.
