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Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985 in Great
Neck, New York) is the Olympic gold medalist in
women's figure skating in the 2002 Winter Olympic
Games.

A resident of Great Neck, New York, Hughes won a
surprising, close contest in the 2002 Winter
Olympic Games/Figure skating|2002 Olympic women's
figure skating event, narrowly edging Russia's
Irina Slutskaya on a tiebreaker after Michelle
Kwan faltered. In her long program, Hughes landed
seven triple jumps, including two triple-triple
combinations. She had been in fourth place going
into the long program.

Although she appeared on the cover of Time
magazine|Time magazine the week before the event,
Hughes was considered the second-best American
skater at the 2002 Olympics, behind favorite
Michelle Kwan.

Sarah is the fourth of six children.  Her younger
sister Emily Hughes  is the women's 2005 bronze
medalist in the International Skating Union World
Junior Figure Skating Championships.

She is an undergraduate at Yale University, but
has taken the 2004-2005 year off to skate
professionally with the Smuckers Stars on Ice tour
company.

==External links==

* http://www.dianesrink.com/sarah/ The Unofficial
Sarah Hughes Webpage 
* http://www.usfsa.org/AthleteBio.asp?id=2266
USFSA Athlete Bio: Sarah Hughes
*
http://www.time.com/time/olympics2002/article/0,85
99,212339,00.html Time Magazine's Person of the
Week: February 22, 2002