Who is Tonya Harding?

Tonya Harding is an American former figure skater. She was a two-time Skate America Champion. She also was a two-time Olympian.

In 1991, she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second at the World Championships. She was the first American woman to complete a triple axel jump in competition.

Tonya Harding: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood

Tonya Harding was born Tonya Maxine Harding on 12 November 1970, in Portland, Oregon, USA. Her nationality is American and she belongs to a North American ethnicity.

Tonya is the daughter of American parents LaVona Fay Golden and Al Harding. She and her brother Karl grew up in Portland. She began skating at age three.