Nancy Kerrigan - Post-Olympic Skating Career

Post-Olympic Skating Career

Kerrigan retired from active competition after the Olympics. She subsequently appeared in a few professional competitions such as Ice Wars, but instead chose to focus her professional career on performing in a variety of ice shows. She has appeared in Champions on Ice, Broadway on Ice, and an ice show adaptation of the musical Footloose, among other productions.

She played a small part in the 2007 film Blades of Glory with Will Ferrell. Kerrigan also appeared in the 2006 Fox television program Skating with Celebrities.

She hosted Nancy Kerrigan's World of Skating on the Comcast Network and has also done commentary work for other skating broadcasts. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kerrigan served as a "special correspondent" for Entertainment Tonight. She has written an instructional book on advanced figure skating technique, Artistry on Ice (ISBN 0-7360-3697-0).

In 2003, Kerrigan became a national spokeswoman for Fight for Sight (U.S.).

Kerrigan was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004. She was honored at Ice Theatre of New York's annual benefit gala in 2008.

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