Oksana Baiul

With hazel eyes, brown hair, and an athletic 5'3" frame, Oksana Baiul is instantly recognizable as a former Olympic champion. She is a Ukrainian-born figure skater who took the world by storm in the early 1990s. Baiul became the 1993 world champion and then the 1994 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, famously edging out Nancy Kerrigan.

Representing Ukraine, she was the first Olympic champion from the country under its own flag. She followed Viktor Petrenko's 1992 gold, and her win made her the first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine in any sport. After that triumph, Baiul moved to the United States in 1994, settling in Connecticut with one of her coaches. She turned professional, appearing in ice tours and shows, and later made TV appearances and participated in benefit skates. In 1997, she published two books: a memoir and a guide to skating. She has called the U.S. home ever since.