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By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, About.com Guide to Figure Skating

Top African American Figure Skaters

Monday January 15, 2007
Debi Thomas
In honor of Martin Luther King's birthday, I've put together a short list of some of the top African American figure skaters. My list highlights just a few African Americans who have left their mark on figure skating.


1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist Debi Thomas
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Comments

October 26, 2007 at 2:31 pm
(1) Jean K. says:

Hopefully and prayerfully one day in the very ‘near’ future, we will see another (or maybe even many more) black figure skater stand on that championship (or even Olympic) podium.
After Ms. Thomas won, I was so hoping to see at least one or two more of my people do it, but I guess it hasn’t worked out yet. As the saying goes, “where there’s life, there’s hope”.

April 26, 2009 at 1:34 am
(2) Karen says:

It just shocks me that a country as big as ours there isn’t a black woman ice skater on the national team. Something is just wrong and it should be corrected. Our girls have as much right to become who they want to be just as their other country women. We cannot sit bye and just accuse them of filling up jails and street corners and not try to help them. They are out there and we should do something about it.

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