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  Dorothy Hamill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dorothy Hamill is an American figure skater who was born on July 26, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois.
The U.S. champion from 1974 through 1976, Hamill developed a new move, a camel spin that turns into a sit-spin, which became known as the "Hamill camel." The bobbed hairstyle that she wore during her Olympic performance started a brief fad.
In 1976, Hamill switched boots to be able to skate the compulsory figures better (she had been wearing special boots created by Carlo Fassi that did not seem to be helping her).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorothy_Hamill   (604 words)

  
 History's Women An Online Magazine
Dorothy Hamill was born on the youngest of three children to Chalmers and Carol Hamill in Chicago, Illinois.
Dorothy began skating at the age of eight on the pond outside her grandparents house, taking lessons only after she desired to learn to skate backwards.
Dorothy was not a graceful skater but was actually considered an athletic skater, but at the age of nineteen, she won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck in front of millions of television viewers.
www.historyswomen.com /historyinthemaking/DorothyHamill.html   (315 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Skating was passion, therapy for Hamill
Dorothy Hamill was from 'do to toe the American ideal of a 1970s icon.
The youngest of Chalmers and Carol Hamill's three children, she was born on July 26, 1956, in Chicago and raised in Riverside, a division of the Connecticut town of Greenwich.
Dorothy!" Hamill began to cry when she thought the sign was calling her a witch, but recovered when she realized it was a joke from well-wishers who wanted to loosen the tension that Hamill felt.
www.espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Hamill_Dorothy.html   (1325 words)

  
 Let's Go!
Hamill said she doesn't believe the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy and the anticipated security at this year's Winter Olympics will put added stress on the athletes.
Hamill said she abolished the humiliating weekly weigh-ins that she described as a holdover from the days when ice skaters were seen as more like dancers than athletes.
Hamill said living in Baltimore is a perfect location for her and her daughter to see each other on weekends when she is on tour.
www.sun-herald.com /letsgo/newsarchive/012502/lg01.htm   (1023 words)

  
 Dorothy Hamill Biography
Dorothy was the youngest of 3 children born to Carol and Chalmers Hamill.
Dorothy began skating at the age of 8 on a pond in the back for her grandparents home.
Dorothy planned to leave the ice to compose herself but when she returned to the ice to retrieve her guards, the audience, realizing the effect their booing had her, began to cheer.
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 Daily regime keeps Dorothy Hamill in championship form   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
That's what it must be like to be Dorothy Hamill when she skates, almost 30 years after she won a gold medal at the winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Hamill spends an hour or two a day, six days a week, on her aerobic and anaerobic exercise — that is, skating.
Hamill tried other gyms when she first got to Baltimore in 1997, but discovered Kernan when a bookcase fell on her shoulder during the move into her new home.
www.thejournalnews.com /mindbody/march04/dorothyhami.html   (1260 words)

  
 Dorothy Hamill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Dorothy Hamill started skating at the age of eight and suddenly one competition came after another.
Dorothy didn't mind that she would not be able to participate in normal teenage activities.
Dorothy now spends her time skating, being a commentator for figure skating competition, a spokeswoman for Dept. 66, and spending time with her twelve year old daughter.
www.d118.s-cook.k12.il.us /south/illinois/dorothyhamill   (302 words)

  
 Dorothy Hamill: "Nutcracker on Ice"
Hamill said the pageantry of the ballet appealed to her as much as the touching story.
Hamill, who has taken ballet lessons since the age of 10, said she enjoys juxtaposing the arts of ballet and figure skating, a combination she finds too rare these days.
Hamill still has a graceful, floating skating style, but most of the stunts she executed during her amateur career wouldn't cut it in today's competitions.
jaehakim.com /articles/stage/features/hamill.htm   (890 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Relaxed Hamill gives gold medal performance
Once Hamill realized the sign was held by her friends, who wanted to shake her out of her usual pre-competition jitters, the three-time U.S. champion felt better.
Hamill said she never minds signing autographs because she remembers her disappointment as a little girl when she was unable to get Fleming's autograph.
Hamill had a passion for jewelry and always tried to find a special piece to remind her of each place she visited.
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 Dorothy Hamill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Hamill was born in Brooklyn as the oldest of seven children of Irish immigrants from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Dorothy ("Dottie" or "Dot") Parker (born Dorothy Rothschild) (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles.
Dorothy L. Sayers (and she always insisted on that "L.") is perhaps best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, a series of novels and short stories featuring an English aristocrat who is an amateur sleuth.
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 The Harvard Crimson :: Sports :: The Skeleton in Skater Dorothy Hamill's Closet
Hamill, never noted for her verbosity, gave brief answers to questions concerning her background, and I thought we were heading for the typical "jock-profile." But Dorothy proceeded to drop a bombshell that would have international repercussions.
Hamill had broken a time-honored tradition in the world of figure-skating--she had put the rap on international judging.
The senior Hamill explained that Dorothy's outspoken comments had destroyed any chance she had for either the national or world championship titles.
www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=149184   (952 words)

  
 America's bittersweet heart
Dorothy Hamill became "America's sweetheart" when she won the Olympic figure skating championship on Valentine's Day, 1976.
Like Dorothy Hamill, 1988 Olympic champion Brian Boitano is defying time as he reaches an age when most skaters are long retired -- he'll be 38 in October.
Hamill sat -- OK, drove in her car -- for a 45-minute telephone interview to advance the arrival of Champions on Ice.
www.post-gazette.com /magazine/20000416hamill3.asp   (1342 words)

  
 Dorothy Hamill - Women in Sports Women's Sports
Hamill, Dorothy Stuart (1956-), American figure skater, winner of the ladies' figure skating gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Born in Riverside, Connecticut, Hamill began skating at the age of six.
Hamill's greatest fame came after she turned professional in 1976.
www.makeithappen.com /wis/bios/hamilld.html   (313 words)

  
 Right To Play: Right To Play - Our Athletes
Such was the case when nineteen year old figure skater Dorothy Hamill won her gold medal at the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria.
To this day, Dorothy says she skates because, “I just love it.” Surprisingly, of all her amateur and professional titles, Dorothy is most proud of the World Champion's medal she won in Gothenberg, Sweden, after the win at the Olympic Games.
Dorothy produced and starred in the critically acclaimed “Nutcracker on Ice” for NBC television in 1989, and for Canadian television in 1990.
www.righttoplay.com /site/PageServer?pagename=dorothy_hamill_bio   (941 words)

  
 Dorothy Hamill to headline Ludington tribute
Hamill captured the imagination of the world when she won Olympic gold at the age of 19 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Hamill started skating at the age of 8 by stuffing socks in the front of her brother's oversized skates.
Hamill is involved with charity work for a number of organizations, including the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, the International Special Olympics, Big Brothers and Sisters and the American Cancer Society.
www.udel.edu /PR/UpDate/01/13/dorothy.html   (595 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - SI For Women - 100 Greatest Female Athletes - Monday November 29, 1999 02:30 PM
Hamill began skating when she was eight-years-old on a pond near her home in Greenwich, Conn. She signed up for lessons and progressed so rapidly in the sport that she finished seventh at the 1971 world championships in Lyon, France.
Hamill, who continued her schooling with private tutors, began training in Colorado with renowned skating coach Carlo Fassi, who had trained two-time world champion Peggy Fleming.
Fassi taught Hamill use her strength and jumping ability to create signature moves such as the "Hamill camel" (a camel spin which flips into a sit spin).
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /siforwomen/top_100/32   (546 words)

  
 Dorothy Hamill Biography -- Academy of Achievement
Dorothy Hamill was born in Chicago, Illinois, but her parents soon moved to Riverside, Connecticut, where she began skating at the age of eight on a pond behind her grandparents' home.
Dorothy Hamill was inducted in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1991.
Dorothy's charity work has included the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, the International Special Olympics, the American Cancer Society, and AIDS research foundations, and teaching blind children to skate through the March of Dimes.
www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/ham1bio-1   (705 words)

  
 ESPN.com - The burden of pitching pills
"Dorothy (Hamill) is not a scientist and I'm not a scientist," said Jenner, who was paid to make media appearances to promote Vioxx and to deliver speeches at Merck sales meetings.
Hamill did not respond to interview requests, but Merck issued a statement to ESPN that claimed its "marketing efforts were appropriate based on all available clinical and scientific data." On Thursday, Merck chief executive officer Raymond Gilmartin told members of Congress that "In fact, my wife was taking Vioxx...
Jenner and Hamill are expected to be deposed and could be listed as defendants in some cases, according to Michael Papantonio, a Pensacola, Fla., attorney who organized a conference that attracted 650 litigators with clients contemplating lawsuits against Vioxx.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1927023&type=story   (1775 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
While she is able to perform her trademark "Hamill Camel" spin in the show, "jumping is next to impossible," she says.
Hamill is just glad to be skating and not calling the production's shots, as was the case when she and her former husband purchased the famed "Ice Capades" touring show in the early 1990s, after it had gone into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
She continues to tour and plans to be on the road with a pair of traveling shows next winter.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/archives/1998/jul/01/507411640.html   (612 words)

  
 The Wedge Hairstyle From The 70s
Although Dorothy Hamill adopted the popular look for her own, Trevor's Wedge cut was the first photo of any hairstyle that was ever published in Vogue magazine as a double page spread.
However it is true that when Dorothy was photographed wearing the short, sassy, "girl next store" style during her 1976 Olympics gold medal win, she catapulted the style into a major hair happening in the United States.
During this same Hamill "Wedge" time period in the United States the Bo Derek beaded cornrows from the movie 10 and the long Farrah "winged layered cut" from the TV show Charlie's Angels were the other hot popular styles.
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 Scope Departments: The Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
When she was just 19 years old, Dorothy Hamill captured America's heart at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
Her grace, skill and beauty made her one of ice skating's first media stars, while her famous "wedge" hairstyle caused a sensation and made her a fashion icon as well.
Until August 30, lucky Las Vegans can continue to be charmed by Hamill as she graces the stage of the showroom at the Riviera, skating in the resort's popular show Enter the Night.
www.lasvegasweekly.com /departments/lifestyle/thirddegreehamill.html   (673 words)

  
 Dorothy Hamel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Dorothy was the youngest of three children; she had an older brother and sister.
When she was young Dorothy was worried that she was not as graceful as former champion Peggy Fleming, so worked very hard on being a strong skater.
Dorothy Hamill was a very graceful skater and she still skates today.
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 Amazon.com: Dorothy Hamill's Ice Capades Cinderella, Frozen in Time (1993) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
This Ice Capades features Dorothy Hamill as a rather aged Cinderella who has lost grace and agility and her performance is technically unchallenging.
Dorothy Hamill and her world-renowned Ice Capades perform the classic story of "Cinderella" - CINDERELLA FROZEN IN TIME.
Hamill makes for a charming heroine; the scene where she is dancing with the broom is priceless; as is the scene with the Prince at the ball.
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 Goodwill Games
Hamill is the third Goodwill Games athlete to chat on CNNSI.com as part of a regular chat series on CNNSI.com, in which a Goodwill Games athlete will be featured every three weeks in the months leading up to the Games, and more frequently as the Games approach.
Hamill became with fourth American woman to win the Olympic gold medal for figure skating when she did so on Valentine's Day in Innsbruck, Austria in 1976.
Hamill went on to one of the highest paid female athletes in the United States while touring with the Ice Capades.
www.goodwillgames.com /html/2000_newsChatDorHam.html   (370 words)

  
 dorothy hamill hairstyle Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Super-Hair.Net: Style Profile: Dorothy Hamill gained national attention in 1976, when she won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
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 Champions on Ice brings golden glow to Mellon Arena - PittsburghLIVE.com
It's been 26 years since Olympic gold-medalist Dorothy Hamill melted the hearts of figure skating fans with her win in Innsbruck, Austria, and her world championship honors in Goteborg, Sweden.
Her popularity boomed in the 1970s, when her trademark wedge haircut and the "Hamill camel," a skating spin that she originated, made her a heroine to young girls who flocked to ice rinks - and beauty salons - to achieve that "Dorothy" style.
It was their contrasting styles on the ice that spurred Hamill on to continue to skate, she says.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_108580.html   (1696 words)

  
 SpeakerDetails
Painfully shy, Dorothy Hamill tended to let her emotions show on the ice sometimes too much.
What she didn't realize was that the boos weren't for her but for the judges who had just given poor marks to a German skater that had just performed.
After the Olympics, Dorothy Hamill went on to win the 1976 world championship, and then she turned professional.
www.brooksinternational.com /sports/Dorothy__Hamill__609.htm   (342 words)

  
 Dorothy Hamill
On very thin ice: Dorothy Hamill declares bankruptcy, blaming her ex.(financial difficulties by the former Olympic ice skating gold medalist)(Brief Article)
Dorothy Hamill's Ice Capades presents Hansel, Gretel the Witch and
Dorothy Hamill marks nearly 30 years in spotlight: A life.
www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109253.html   (255 words)

  
 ROBERTSON-LED FIRM BUYS ICE CAPADES \   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Dorothy Hamill is now headlining a six-week Ice Capades engagement at a theater in Branson, Mo., where IFE already has some interests.
Hamill, who at 37 still sports a modified version of her famous wedge haircut, was unavailable for an interview Wednesday.
Hamill, Forsythe and Alaskan businessman Ben C. Tisdale bought the assets of Ice Capades in June 1993, two years after the ice show tumbled along with its parent company into bankruptcy.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/940609/06090458.htm   (1017 words)

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