Tai Babilonia

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This page uses content from the Tai Babilonia biography page on the English version of Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. This list of authors can be seen in the page history. Wildscreen.tv disclaims any and all warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of the content. Tai Reina Babilonia (born September 22, 1959) is a U.S. figure skater, the partner of Randy Gardner. Their coach was John Nicks. The pair won the gold medal at the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships. They were medal favorites at the 1980 Olympics but were forced to withdraw due to an injury to Gardner. Babilonia was the first figure skater of African American descent to win U.S. and World titles. At the time, however, her racial background was often either ignored by the media, or only her father's Filipino ancestry was mentioned. While skating as a professional, Babilonia became addicted to drugs and alcohol. After receiving treatment, she eventually returned to the ice. More recently, Babilonia appeared in the 2006 FOX television program "Skating with Celebrities", partnered with Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner (decathlon). She also recently became engaged to comedian David Brenner. Competitive highlights (with Gardner) 1974 U.S. Championships - 2nd World Championships - 10th 1975 U.S. Championships - 2nd World Championships - 10th 1976 U.S. Championships - 1st Olympics - 5th World Championships - 5th 1977 U.S. Championships - 1st World Championships - 3rd 1978 U.S. Championships - 1st World Championships - 3rd 1979 U.S. Championships - 1st World Championships - 1st 1980 U.S. Championships - 1st External links Tai Babilonia - Official website. Navigation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the biographical information on this page under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

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