Debi Thomas, a 1988 Olympic figure skating bronze medalist, was back on the ice in competition this past weekend at age 56. Thomas placed second in an eight-woman field at the world figure & fancy ...

RICHLANDS, Va. — Debi Thomas, the best African American figure skater in the history of the sport, couldn't find her figure skates. She looked around the darkened trailer, perched along a river ...

Mexico’s figure skating team consists of Donovan Carrillo ... including one of her mentees, Debi Thomas. In the 1988 Calgary Games, Thomas became the first Black American to medal at the ...

Fallen Olympic figure skater and doctor Debi Thomas is now living in a bed bug-infested trailer park where she’s penniless and begging former fans for money, she revealed in a new interview.

That competition, the World Figure and Fancy Skating Championships in Lake Placid, New York, features a talented cast, including former U.S. Olympian Debi Thomas, making her return to figure ...

Prior to Andrews' win, Debi Thomas in 1988 marked the last time a Black woman took home a medal at a national competition in America. Starr Andrews won a medal at the U.S. figure skating ...

Debi Thomas represented the United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics in a head-turning black leotard with a splash of silver sequins across the sleeves and chest. The young figure skater took ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding were infamous rivals. Figure skating also saw the battle of the Brians (Boitano vs. Orser), the battle of the Carmens (Debi Thomas vs.

Before Andrews’ win, the last Black woman in America to win a national figure skating competition medal was Debi Thomas in 1988, 35 years ago. Having grown up in Los Angeles competing in a sport ...