Winter Olympic Games alternating even-numbered years. Lillehammer is the northernmost city to ever host the Winter Games and it was the second time the Games were held in Norway, after the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia made their Olympic debuts. The women's figure skating competition drew media attention when American skater Nancy Kerrigan was injured on 6 January 1994, in an assault planned by the ex-husband of opponent Tonya Harding. Both skaters competed in the Games, but the gold medal was controversially won by Oksana Baiul who became Ukraine's first Olympic
Frank Carroll (figure skater) coach to be named the Olympic Coach of the Year, which happened in 1997. On March 6, 2007, it was announced that he had been elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. He was inducted on March 22, 2007 during the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships, between the original dance and the men's free skate. On July 29, 2018, it was announced that Carroll would be retiring from coaching on August 3. Carroll plans to continue working with U.S. Figure Skating and the junior development program. Frank Carroll (figure skater) Francis M. "Frank" Carroll (born 1938) is an