Tiffany CHIN

Tiffany Chin was fourth at the 1984 Winter Olympics and was supposed to be the next great American female skater, following in a long line, but it never came to be. Chin won the 1981 World Junior Championship, before moving to the senior level internationally. She was third at the US Championships in 1983 and 1986, second in 1984, and won the title in 1985. At the World Championships, she placed third in 1985 and 1986. But by then injuries were derailing her career, often attributed to a muscle imbalance in her legs and hips. Her last victory was at Skate America in 1987, but she finished fourth that year at the US Championships, not qualifying for the Worlds, and then retired from competition. She attended UCLA, graduating with a degree in English, and later became a skating coach in El Segundo, California.