Tara Kristen Lipinski is a former American figure skater. She won the ladies' singles Olympic gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, at the age of 15, becoming the youngest Olympic gold medalist in ladies' figure skating in an individual event. When she won the 1997 World Champion at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 10 days, she became the youngest person ' by 32 days ' ever to win a World Figure Skating Championship, and she is two-time Champions Series Final Champion (1997 1998) and 1997 U.S. Champion.