Tara Lipinski (Olympics)

1998 Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski serves as a figure skating analyst at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. This is Lipinksi’s seventh time covering the Games for NBCU.

Previously, she served as a correspondent during the 2024 Paris, 2020 Tokyo and 2016 Rio Olympics and has been a figure skating analyst at the 2022 Beijing, 2018 PyeongChang and 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Additionally, Lipinski co-hosted the Closing Ceremony for NBCU four times (Paris, Beijing, PyeongChang, Tokyo).

Lipisnki 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 alongside play-by-play announcer Terry Gannon and three-time U.S. figure skating champion Johnny Weir. In October 2014, the trio was named NBC Sports Group’s lead figure skating announce team following their critically acclaimed commentary at the Sochi Olympics, which helped the network post the 10 best weekday daytime audiences in its history. They work together for the fourth consecutive Winter Games, while Lipinski and Weir mark their seventh Olympics working together, including three times in the summer.

In March 2025, The Boston Globe wrote: “Lipinski and Weir always do it right on the broadcasts. Their candor and banter make viewers feel like they’re invited to listen in on an authentic conversation between incredibly knowledgeable friends.”

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.

Fast Facts

• 7^th Olympics assignment for NBC Olympics, serving as figure skating analyst for the fourth time (previously 2022 Beijing, 2018 PyeongChang and 2014 Sochi Winter Games).
• Was a correspondent at the 2024 Paris, Tokyo and 2016 Rio Olympics, and worked four Olympic Closing Ceremonies.
• · Serves as an analyst for NBC Sports’ figure skating coverage.
• 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. Lipinski is also a two-time Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final champion (1997, 1998) and is the first woman to ever complete a triple loop-triple loop combination in competition, a signature element of her performances.
• Lipinski’s figure skating career skyrocketed in 1994 at age 12 when she became the youngest person to win a gold medal at the junior-level U.S. Olympic Festival.
• Served as a fashion and lifestyle correspondent for NBC Sports Group at the Kentucky Derby from 2014-16 and 2018, at the Beverly Hills Dog Show in 2017, and the National Dog Show every year since 2015.
• Was a reporter 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.
• Worked for Access Hollywood on its coverage of the 2014 Academy Awards.
• Authored two books, Totally Tara – An Olympic Journey and Triumph on Ice.
• Joined a star-studded cast as contestant on The Traitors Season 4 on Peacock.

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