AP Photo / Al Messerschmidt Kristi Yamaguchi made history when she ascended ... At just 20 years old, the figure skater scored the gold medal in ladies' singles, becoming the first Asian American ...

Mattel Inc. Kristi Yamaguchi’s new Barbie is accurate down to the last detail. The gold medal-winning Olympian tells PEOPLE that the doll even includes her 1992 glam. “[There are] so many of ...

When Kristi Yamaguchi won an Olympic gold medal for ice skating in 1992, she was the first Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) competitor to earn a gold in any sport in the Winter Games.

Kristi Yamaguchi, born July 12, 1971, in Fremont, California, is an Olympic gold medal winning figure skater. Yamaguchi became the first Asian American to win gold at the Winter Olympics when she ...

Writer Nicole Chung saved the March 1992 Sports Illustrated cover, featuring Yamaguchi holding up her gold medal, in a plastic sleeve and hung a Kristi Yamaguchi Hallmark Christmas ornament on her ...

Barbie's latest doll celebrates Yamaguchi's 1992 Olympics Gold Medal moment. Kristi Yamaguchi's epic 1992 Olympics gold medal moment is now being celebrated in the form of a Barbie, and as a ...

And who knows what I would’ve been more thrilled about: winning an Olympic gold medal or having my own ... used to do autographs (“Always Dream, Kristi”) – a piece of inspiration taken ...

Because the figure skater recently gave some insight about what the athletes' residence—which has long been considered the hook-up location for players—was like when she won gold at the 1992 ...

Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi is a figure skating icon and will now forever be immortalized with a replica Barbie doll, news that initially shocked her teenage daughters. She added, “[They were ...