Tai Babilonia

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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, 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.

[edit] 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

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World champions in figure skating – Pairs

1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1909: Phyllis Johnson & James H. Johnson | 1910: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1911: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1912: Phyllis Johnson & James H. Johnson | 1913: Helene Engelmann & Karl Mejstrik | 1914: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1922: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1923: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1925: Herma Szabo & Ludwig Wrede | 1926: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1927: Herma Szabo & Ludwig Wrede | 1928: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1929: Lilly Scholz & Otto Kaiser | 1930: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1931: Emelie Rotter & Laszlo Szolas | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1933-1935: Emelie Rotter & Laszlo Szolas | 1936-1939: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1947-1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1949: Andrea Kékesy & Ede Király | 1950: Karol E. Kennedy & Peter Kennedy | 1951-1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1953: Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks | 1954-1955: Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1957-1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1962: Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek | 1963-1964: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | 1965-1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1969-1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1973-1978: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1979: Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner | 1980: Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai | 1981: Irina Vorobeva & Igor Lisovski | 1982: Sabine Baeß & Tassilo Thierbach | 1983: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1984: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini | 1985: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1986-1987: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1988: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1989-1990: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1991-1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1993: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler | 1994: Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov | 1995: Radka Kovaříková & René Novotný | 1996: Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov | 1997: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer | 1998-1999: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze | 2000: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov | 2001: Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2002-2003: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo | 2004-2005: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin | 2006: Pang Qing & Tong Jian | 2007: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo
United States national champions in figure skating – Pairs

1914: Jeanne Chevalier / Norman M. Scott | 1918: Theresa Weld / Nathaniel Niles | 1920-1927: Theresa Weld / Nathaniel Niles | 1928-1929: Maribel Vinson / Thornton Coolidge | 1930-1932: Beatrix Loughran / Sherwin Badger | 1933: Maribel Vinson / George Hill | 1934: Grace Madden / J. Lester Madden | 1935-1937: Maribel Vinson / George Hill | 1938-1940: Joan Tozzer / Bernard Fox | 1941: Donna Atwood / Eugene Turner | 1942-1944: Doris Schubach / Walter Noffke | 1945-1946: Donna J. Pospisil / Jean Pierre Brunet | 1947: Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning | 1948-1952: Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy | 1953-1956: Carole Ormaca / Robin Greiner | 1957-1960: Nancy Ludington / Ronald Ludington | 1961: Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards | 1962: Dorothyann Nelson / Pieter Kollen | 1963-1964: Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill | 1965: Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph | 1966-1969: Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman | 1970-1972: JoJo Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley | 1973-1975: Melissa Militano / Mark Miltano | 1976-1980: Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | 1981-1984: Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers | 1985: Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard | 1986: Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner | 1987-1988: Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard | 1989-1990: Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo | 1991: Natasha Kuchiki / Todd Sand | 1992-1993: Calla Urbanski / Rocky Marval | 1994-1996: Jenni Meno / Todd Sand | 1997-1998: Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen | 1999: Danielle Hartsell / Stephen Hartsell | 2000-2002: Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman | 2003: Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn | 2004: Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | 2005: Katie Orscher / Garrett Lucash | 2006: Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | 2007: Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski
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