Tara Lipinski (Olympics)
Olympic Correspondent
1998 Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski serves as an Olympic correspondent for NBCUniversal during the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is Lipinksi’s sixth time covering the Games for NBCU. Previously, she served as a figure skating analyst at the 2022 Beijing, 2018 PyeongChang and 2014 Sochi Winter Games, and a correspondent at the 2020 Tokyo and 2016 Rio Olympics. Additionally, Lipinski will be co-hosting the Closing Ceremony for NBCU for the 4th time after hosting the Closing Ceremony at the 2018 PyeongChang, 2020 Tokyo, and 2022 Beijing Games.
Lipisnki currently serves as a figure skating analyst for NBC Sports, working on its coverage of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, World Championships, and the ISU Grand Prix Series Lipinski has also served as a fashion, lifestyle, and social media correspondent for NBC Sports events including the Kentucky Derby, the Super Bowl, the Beverly Hills Dog Show, and the National Dog Show.
A member of the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, she is the youngest individual gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Winter Games, capturing a gold medal at the Nagano Olympics in 1998 at the age of 15.
Since the 1998 Olympic Games, Lipinski has worked with many of the world’s top media outlets and partnered with sponsors, further burnishing her global stature as an iconic Olympian of accomplishment and inspiration.
Fast Facts
- 6th Olympics overall with NBCU, previously serving as a figure skating analyst in Sochi and PyeongChang
- A member of the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, she is the youngest individual gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Winter Games, capturing a gold medal at the Nagano Olympics in 1998 at the age of 15.
- At 14 years old, she was the youngest to win the U.S. and World Championships.
- At the Kentucky Derby, Lipinski and Weir served as a fashion and lifestyle correspondents for NBC Sports Group from 2014-16. In addition, they were event reporters for NBC’s pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLIX, the most-watched show in U.S. TV history with an average of 114.4 million viewers. Lipinski and Weir also worked for Access Hollywood on its coverage of the 2014 Academy Awards.
- Lipinski has also authored two books, Totally Tara – An Olympic Journey and Triumph on Ice.
