- The first African-American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics (1988). The first black skater to win a U.S. Figure Skating and a World Figure Skating Championship (1986).
- On the cover of Time magazine (February 15, 1988)
- Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in engineering
- Graduated from Northwestern Medical School (1997)
- Was for many years an orthopedic surgeon in Little Rock, Arkansas. According to a February 2016 online article in The Washington Post, she had declared bankruptcy, let her medical license expire, and was living with her fiancé in a trailer in rural southern Virginia (see Miscellaneous links).
- Has one son.
- Inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000.
- Inducted into the San Jose [California] Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
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