Michelle Kwan By Jenny Nguyen Laura Yee Gunyngshn

Michelle Kwan By: Jenny Nguyen & Laura Yee

个人� 介 • 关� 珊 Guānyǐngshān • Born on July 7, 1980 (age 32) • Born in Torrance, California • She has two older siblings Ron Kwan and Karen Kwan • Michelle is the third child of Danny Kwan and Estella Kwan • Her parents were chinese immigrants from Hong Kong

�� 生涯 • Kwan attended UCLA, transferred to University of Denver in 2006 • 2009, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in international studies and a minor in political science • November 9, 2006 – she became a public diplomacy ambassador. • December 2012, Kwan was the State Department's senior adviser for public diplomacy and public affairs

主要� 献 • Kwan has won five World Championships (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2003) as a figure skater • She has also been named USOC "Athlete of the Month" fourteen times • Kwan is one of the "Readers' Choice Figure Skater of the Year" award given by Skating magazine • She also wrote an autobiography, Heart of a Champion, at 17.

� 什么� 她? 学到了什么呢? • We choose Michelle Kwan because she is the most dedicated figure skater in U. S. history • We both learned that Michelle Kwan holds the record for most 6. 0 s. Because figure skating is no longer scored on a 6. 0 scale, Kwan's records will stand indefinitely • We learned that in the 2006 Olympics, due to a hip injury, she was forced to withdraw from competition. • We also learned that she was the voice of the shopkeeper in Mulan 2