Tonya Harding is debatably one of the best figure skaters to have ever skated. She overcame some rough family struggles and money issues. With all of the circumstances being stated, Tonya Hardings “built up” reputation was quickly ruined when she was implicated in the attack of Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Olympic trials. Since the 1994 Olympic trials, there have been numerous suggestions as to if she had anything to do with Nancy Kerrigans injury. Tonya is now in her late 40’s and has “moved” on from the scandal. She still wishes that things could have been better but, thinks that her childhood has shaped her to be who she is today. Tonya was born on November 12, 1970 in the city of Portland, Oregon. She is the child of LaVona Golden and Al Harding. Both of the parents did not make alot for money, in fact the family lived in a trailer outside of Al’s mother's house. The relationship between her parents didn’t last, resulting in a divorce. After the divorce Tonya “fell” into depression where she began bad habits and didn’t care about anything else except, skating. She began skating at the age of three. At skating competitions, Lavona was known to physically and mentally abuse Tonya to help motivate her. …show more content…
She had many friends and was always the social one. Even though Tonya was social she, lacked being book smart. Most of her grades ranged from C’s to F’s and then all of her grades went down to F’s… When she was a junior high school, she dropped out not earning her GED. Tonya chose to focus more on skating but, later earned her GED when she was in her mid