Tisha Walker (born 1975) is an American former competitive

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 is the 1989

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champion.

Personal life

Walker was raised in

Thousand Oaks, California Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, located in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles. Approximately from the city of Los Angeles and from Downtown Los Angeles, it is named after the many oak trees pr ...

. She has two daughters, Hannah and Nicole, born in the second half of the 1990s.

Career

Walker was coached by Doug and Lauri Varvais at the Conejo Valley Ice Skating Center in Newbury Park, the Pickwick Ice Rink in

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, and the Ice Castle International Training Center in

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. Walker placed seventh at the 1990 World Junior Championships, held in November and December 1989 in

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, and won gold at the 1989

. She placed 6th at the 1991 Skate America and 8th at the

1992 Grand Prix International de Paris The Grand Prix de France is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the French Federation of Ice Sports () (FFIS). The first iteration of the Grand Prix de France was held ...

. In

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's 1994 made-for-TV movie ''Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story'', Walker served as the skating double for

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, who played

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. As of 2016, she works as a skating coach at Iceoplex in

Simi Valley, California Simi Valley (; Chumashan languages, Chumash: ''Shimiyi'') is a city in Simi Valley (valley), the valley of the same name in southeastern Ventura County, California, United States. It is from Downtown Los Angeles, making it part of the Greater ...

Competitive highlights

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Tisha 1970s births American female single skaters Living people Sportspeople from Thousand Oaks, California 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)