⛸On January 6, 1994 figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was struck on the lower right thigh with a telescopic baton by assailant Shane Stant as she walked down a corridor in Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Kerrigan had been practicing on a ice rink in the arena shortly beforehand. The attack was planned by fellow figure skater Tonya Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and his co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt. They hired Stant, and his uncle Derrick Smith, to carry out the attack. Gillooly and Eckardt bot

In 1994, the ice skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked by her partner and friend Tonya Harding. The scandal was known worldwide and caused a lot of controversy. Harding was suspended for life while Kerrigan triumphed at the Winter Olympics. What became of both skaters? One of them even dabbled in boxing. | The Cracks

Nancy Kerrigan, Lillehammer Olympic 1994, FS Born October 13, 1969 She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 1992 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, and she was the 1993 US National Figure Skating Champion. Credit: YT Mintaka Alnilam | Figure Skating Moments