Birth Name: | Tonya Harding |
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Date of Birth: | 12/11/1970 |
Age: | 54 years old |
Nationality: | American |
The distinguished American former figure skater, Tonya Harding is known to the athletic world as the Skate America Champion and a two-time Olympian. Tonya Harding net worth has is known to have been amassed from her skating and boxing career.
Tonya Harding has received huge fame and recognition as the first American woman and second woman overall to have competed in a triple axel jump and also for being a two-time Olympian. Tonya Harding net worth has been amassed from her performance in World Championships, Winter Olympics, and another skating as well as boxing championships. The details on Tonya Harding movie, age, twitter, net worth, and more can be found on numerous social media sites. Tonya Harding Twitter account has details of her personal and professional life.
Tonya Maxene Harding was born on 12th November 1970 in Portland, Oregon, United States. She was born to parents LaVona Fay Golden and Al Harding. Her father Al died in 2009. Tonya Harding was interested in skating at a tender age. Tonya Harding age was 3 when she began skating. At the age of twelve, Tonya had already appeared in her first triple lutz. Tonya was tormented in her childhood by her abusive mother. Tonya spent most of her childhood days with her brother Karl in Portland. Tonya received her education from Douglas High School based in Portland. She later earned a GED.
Tonya’s career as a figure skater began in 1986 when she participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships where she landed sixth. Her national figure skating reports show that she came third in the 1989 U.S. Championship. Tonya came first in the 1991 championship and 3rd the following year. Tonya Harding played for the first time internationally in Skate America and came second in 1986. Till date, Tonya has won the 4th place and 8th place in the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. She has won the second place in the 1991 World Championship. Tonya has won the first spot in the Skate America two times in 1990 and 1992, and the National Cup in 1990. She came first in the Prize of Moscow News in 1989.
Tonya Harding came into the highlight of much controversy when her husband Jeff Gillooly and his bodyguard hired assailant Shane Stant to break the right leg of Tonya’s team competitor, Nancy Kerrigan. Kerrigan had withdrawn from the national championship after a bruise. The two men served their time in prison after a plea bargain while Harding pleads guilty.
Tonya Harding began her boxing career in 2002 on the Fox TV network Celebrity Boxing event. Since then she has been seen in many boxing events like The Man Show in 2004 where she won. Till date, Tonya Harding has won 4 boxing events out of 7 events in total.
Tonya Harding is a married woman. However, her marital status seems to have various turbulences. She got married for the first time in 1990 when she was 19 years old to her boyfriend, Jeff Gillooly. Tonya then went on to have a divorce three years later. I 1995, Tonya Harding went on to get married to her second husband, Michael Smith and divorced a year later. Tonya Harding stayed single for many years and in 2010, she got married to her third husband Joseph Jens Price. Together, the couple gave birth to a son in 2011 named Gordon.
Tonya Harding age currently 46. Tonya Harding stands tall at the height of 5 feet 1 inches. Tonya has a very athletic figure. She weighs 55 kgs. Tonya is adored by the public for her mesmerizing blue eyes. Tonya Harding has blonde hair that she likes to put short most of the times.
Tonya Harding net worth has been estimated to be $ 30 thousand sourced from her boxing and figure skating career. Tonya Harding net worth has been accumulated from her huge annual salary from her appearance in the Winter Olympics, National Cup, U.S. Championship, World Championship, and more.
During her entire figure skating career, Tonya Harding has won the no.1 place 5 times. Tonya Harding is a huge inspiration and idol to many aspiring athletes who are opting for a successful career as that of her. Tonya Harding movie titled I, Tonya will be released in 2017 and Tonya’s role will be played by actress Margot Robbie. Various songs, television series, and movies have been written on Tonya Harding. Tonya Harding twitter account has 2 thousand followers who keep track of her day to day activities and also her career. The distinguished and renowned, Tonya Harding’s bio can be found on numerous social media sites like Wikipedia, IMDB, Twitter, Facebook, and more.