Nancy Kerrigan Nancy Kerrigan Nancy Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is an American actress and former figure skater. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 1992 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, and she was the 1993 US National Figure Skating Champion. Kerrigan was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004. In January 1994, Kerrigan was attacked with a police baton by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding. The attack injured Kerrigan and led to Harding being permanently banned from
Nancy Kerrigan broadcasts. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kerrigan served as a "special correspondent" for "Entertainment Tonight". She has written an instructional book on advanced figure-skating technique, "Artistry on Ice" (). In 2014, ESPN aired "The Price of Gold", a "30 for 30" documentary about the 1994 attack. On February 23, 2014, NBC aired a documentary during the 2014 Winter Olympics on the incident called "Nancy & Tonya". On March 1, 2017, Kerrigan was named as one of the contestants who would compete on season 24 of "Dancing with the Stars". She was paired with professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev. Despite receiving higher