Lisa Ervin (born April 20, 1977) is an American former

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. She was a member of the 1992 US Olympic Team. She won three consecutive silver medals at the

World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The first World J ...

from 1991 to 1993 and is the 1993 US National silver medalist. She was coached by Carol Heiss Jenkins and originally trained by Melissa Smith at the

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Ice Arena. Due to an eating disorder, she chose to retire from competitive skating. Her decision to stop skating is profiled in

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's book ''Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey into the Secret World of Figure Skating''. Ervin worked as a coach and technical specialist. She served as the technical specialist during the ladies event at the 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in

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, and during the ladies event at the

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. She was the Assistant Technical Specialist at the men's event at the

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, and the men's event at the

. She received her Bachelors of Liberal Arts from Hamilton College in 1999. She coached in New York state. She divorced in 2012. She remarried in 2018, but later filed for divorce in May 2023. She is currently the Research and Literacy Specialist at The Summit Center. She is completing her doctorate at The State University of New York at Buffalo, and is an adjunct professor. She has two children, Joseph and Sophia Baudo.

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1977 births Living people American female single skaters International Skating Union technical specialists World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 21st-century American women 20th-century American women {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub