Tara Lipinski

U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Famer Tara Lipinski is an NBC Olympics’ figure skating analyst and joins three-time U.S. national champion Johnny Weir and play-by-play commentator Terry Gannon on the network’s lead team.

Lipinski, the youngest individual gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Winter Games (15 years old at the 1998 Nagano Olympics), made her debut as lead analyst for Olympic figure skating at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics alongside Gannon and Weir.

In March 2025, The Boston Globe wrote: “Lipinski and Weir always do it right on the broadcasts. Their candor and banter make viewers feel like they’re invited to listen in on an authentic conversation between incredibly knowledgeable friends.”

Weir, Gannon, and Lipinski first received critical acclaim for their commentary on NBC’s live figure skating coverage at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, which helped the network post the 10 best weekday daytime audiences in its history. Later that year, they were named NBC Sports Group’s lead figure skating announce team.

Fast Facts

• The 2024 Paris Olympics (covered Closing Ceremony) marked Lipinski’s 6th Olympics overall with NBC Sports, previously serving as a figure skating analyst for NBC’s coverage of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and 2014 Sochi Olympics and as a correspondent for the Tokyo and 2016 Rio Olympics.
• Lipinski has also served as a fashion, lifestyle, and social media correspondent for a wide range of NBC Sports properties including the Kentucky Derby in 2014-16 and ‘18, the Beverly Hills Dog Show in 2017, and the National Dog Show every year since 2015. In addition, she served as a reporter for NBC’s pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLIX in 2017 and worked for Access Hollywood on its coverage of the 2014 Academy Awards.
• Lipinski’s figure skating career skyrocketed in 1994 at age 12 when she became the youngest person to win a gold medal at the junior-level U.S. Olympic Festival.
• At 14, she was the youngest person to win the U.S. and World Championships. Lipinski is also a two-time Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final champion (1997, 1998) and is the first woman to ever complete a triple loop-triple loop combination in competition, a signature element of her performances.
• Lipinski has also authored two books, Totally Tara – An Olympic Journey and Triumph on Ice.

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