Kristi Yamaguchi Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I've had a lot more fun with the training.

It's not too bad coming from a smaller rink. It just gives you a little more room to skate and you adjust your program to it.

The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.

When I first skated here, I definitely felt small out there because it is such a big surface.

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players, and I thought, 'This guy's a little different.'" - on meeting her husband, NHL defenseman Bret Hedica

Trivia

Skated pairs with Rudy Galindo

Husband Bret Hedican is a National Hockey League defenseman, currently with the Carolina Hurricanes. Hedican also was a member of the 2006 USA Olympic Men's Hockey Team.

1986 Junior U.S. pairs national champ. with Rudi Galindo

1989 & 1990 U.S. pairs national champ.

1987 Junior Worlds pairs bronze medalist

Hallmark made a snowglobe with a figurine of Kristi in it

Hallmark crafted a Christmas tree ornament figurine of her as part of their Olympic Medalist series.

Measurements: 33-22-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Welcomed her first child, daughter Keara Kiyomi, with husband Bret Hedican (01 October 2003)

Both she and Bret own homes in Raleigh (home of the Carolina Hurricanes) and Northern Minnesota.

Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005.

Welcomed 2nd daughter, Emma Yoshiko, on Wednesday, 16 November 2005.

Attended Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California.