New York State Office of General Services Commissioner RoAnn Destito today announced that two-time Olympic figure skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan will make a special appearance at the Empire State Plaza Ice Rink from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 7.

 

 

Kerrigan’s appearance at the Plaza is sponsored by OGS, I LOVE NY, At the Plaza Events, and the Aurora Games, a new international, world-class, all-women’s multi-sport competition and entertainment festival that will be held in Albany this August. Kerrigan serves as the Figure Skating Chair on the Aurora Games Advisory Board.

 

Kerrigan’s rise to competing at a national level began when she placed 3rd at the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, allowing her to qualify for the 1991 World Championships where she won the bronze medal as part of an American sweep.

 

In 1992, she earned a bronze medal in the Albertville Winter Olympics and the silver medal at the 1992 World Championships. In 1993 Kerrigan became the United States Ladies Champion and followed that up with her historic silver medal performance at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

 

In addition to her work on the ice, the two-time Olympic medalist has regularly appeared on television and movies as an actor (Boy Meets World, Blades of Glory, Saturday Night Live, Skating with Celebrities) or commentator (Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Lifetime Network, Fox Sports, NBC Sports), and is well known for being instrumental in the creation of Halloween on Ice.

 

The Nancy Kerrigan Foundation has raised significant funds for the vision impaired in honor of her legally blind mother and she has been recognized for her excellence on and off the ice (US Figure Skating Hall of Fame, Mother’s Day Foundation Mother of the Year, New England Sports Hall of Fame).

 

For updates on the status of the rink and winter activities at the Plaza, visit empirestateplaza.ny.gov, @EmpireStatePlaza on Facebook, or @plazaevents on Twitter.