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World’s Finest Ice Skaters
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The Portland Observer
Will Perform at
he all new Champi C h a m p io n ;
ons on Ice show will S to jk o , the
feature some of the t w o - t i m e
Sil­
world’s finest female Olympic
skat­
ers and potential competitors ver Medajist;
at the 2002 Winter Olympic T i m o t h y
Goebel, the
Games in Salt Lake City.
Michelle Kwan, who just 2001 U.S.
won her fourth World Figure N atio n al
Skating C ham pionship in C h a m ­
V ancouver, B.C. w ill be p i o n ;
joined by Nicole Bobek, the Michael
1995 U.S. titlist, World Sil­ W eiss,
ver Medalist Surya Bonaly, the two-
World Silver Medalist Irina
Slutskaya, Sasha Cohen, the
2000 U.S. Silver Medalist and
Sarah Hughes, the 2001 U.S.
Silver Medalist.
Born and raised in Tor­ tim e
rance, California, Michelle U . S .
Kwan began skating when C h a m p io n
she was five, after watching W o r l d
a 1 i s t
her brothers play hockey. She Bronze Med-
won her first competition two Philippe Candeloro, the two-
years later and has contin­ time Olympic Bronze med­
ued her winning ways ever alist; Rudy Galindo, the
1996 U.S. Champion and
since.
wan has been on U.S. Bronze Medalist who
the podium in ev charm ed audiences last
ery event she has year, will be returning for
the is 2001
entered since 1995 and
the tour.
The incredible cast will
most decorated w om an’s
skater of her era, winning an also include 1998 Olympic
O ksana
unprecedented 29 champion­ C ham pions
K azakova
&
A rtu r
ships.
But it is the artistry and Dmitriev, two-time Olym­
technical perfection of those pic B ronze M ed alists
winning performances that Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd
set her apart from the rest. Eisler, 1998 World Cham­
She has received over 40 per­ pions Elena Berezhnaya &
fect marks o f 6.0 in her ca­ Anton Sikharulidze, U.S.
reer so far, more than any of Dance Champions Eliza­
beth Punsalan & Jerod
her contemporaries.
During her fifth national Swallow, two-time Cana­
championship performance dian Champions Jamie Sale
last January, Michelle gar­ and David Pelletier and 1999
nered a total of nine scores World Professional Cham­
p io n s M aya U sova &
from the judges in Boston.
An incredible cast of male Evgeny Platov.
skaters will also perform.
row d fav o rites
Brian B oitano, the 1988
Vladimir Besedin
Olympic Champion,a nd Vic­
and
O lek siy
tor Petrenko, the 1992 Olym­ Polishchuk will be back to
pic Gold Medalist, take the delight tour audiences with
ice along w ith Todd their unique brand of ice
T
Rose Garden
delight tour au­
diences with their
unique brand o f ice
comedy.
Champions on Ice will
be held in the Rose Garden
on Thursday, April 26 at 7
p.m. Tickets can be pur­
ch ased
o n lin e
at
w w w .ro seq u a rte r.c o m or
www.ticketmaster.com or by
phone at 503/224-4400.
M ichelle Kwan is
scheduled to appear at
the John Hancock
Champions On Ice
show, April 26 at the
Rose Garden. To date,
she has won her fourth
World Figure Skating
Championship.
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