She was also the last female skater who win an Olympic Gold Medal with no triple jump. Besides a skater, she is also known for her hair cut. Which was widely imitated. She had a wedge-style haircut that kept her hair short and out of her sight.
She made it into a pro and started skating with Ice Capades in , which she later owned and operated from to She has participated in several specials on television and performed with other skating companies as well. She held the World Professional Championships from to First, she married singer Dean Paul Martin Then she married Kenneth Forsythe , with whom she had a daughter named Alexandra.
In she married her third husband, John McColl. In January , she made a declaration that she suffered from breast cancer and has started taking treatment in Massachusetts. For most of her life, she suffered from severe depression that was controlled through therapy and medication.
Her height is 5 ft 5 inches tall, and her weight is 65 kg. Dorothy received her first success at the national level when she competed and won US Championship at the novice level in Dorothy stood at second place in the junior level US championship that took place in From onwards, she started playing on the senior level. Dorothy became US champion and held the title between to This coaching equipped her with all the skills to compete on an international level.
She got a key breakthrough was when she became the winner of the silver medal held at the World Championship, Munich, Germany, in the year In the next year, she won silver at the World level championship in Colorado Springs.
When she was 19, she stood in the first place and was awarded a gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games held at Innsbruck, Austria. Dorothy is a well-known sports personality who is admired by her fans throughout the world. She was the winner of the American Championship in the Amateur category between and She is the three times winner of the US National Championship to Dorothy also played in international competitions and won the Nebelhorn Trophy. She stood at the first position in Richmond Trophy that took place between and The rink is now called as Dorothy Hamill Skating Rink.
She also became the World Champion in the category of Ladies Singles that took place in Sweden in She later sold it to International Family Entertainment. Hamill continues to skate in shows, however, and is currently a regular performer of the show Broadway on Ice.
In , Hamill debuted as a judge on the television show Skating With Celebrities. Additionally, in February , Hamill was announced as one of the newest contestants of Dancing with the Stars , ABC's popular dance-competition show, along with country singer Wynonna Judd, funny man D.
Hughley, Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman and many other celebrities. In January , Hamill announced that she was being treated for breast cancer. She moved to Nantucket, Massachusetts, for treament and currently works with the Nantucket skating club.
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