Mabel Fairbanks
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Mabel Fairbanks (November 14, 1916-October 2001) was an African-American figure skater and later a coach of pairs skaters Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, Leslie Robinson and Michelle McCladdie as well as individual skaters Atoy Wilson, Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Rudy Galindo, Tiffany Chin, and Debi Thomas.
In 1977, Fairbanks was the first African American inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
