Congratulations to the U.S. Hall of Fame

Class of 2010

Sarah Hughes 

On Feb. 21, 2002, Sarah Hughes became the first person to go from fourth place after the short program to winning the Olympic gold medal. At 16, Hughes executed the most technically demanding program ever seen by a lady in the Olympic Winter Games en route to becoming the seventh American woman to capture figure skating’s most coveted prize. Prior to becoming
Olympic champion, Hughes was the 1998 U.S. junior champion, a four-time medalist at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the 2001 World bronze medalist. The Yale University graduate has received many awards including the 2002 Sullivan Award. She is involved in many philanthropic causes and has recently written for Internet and print media, as well as appeared on national broadcasts covering figure skating and the Olympics.

Jenni Meno and Todd Sand

Meno and Sand began a skating partnership after the 1992 World Figure Skating Championships that united them not only as a pairs team but also as husband and wife, in 1995. It took only two years for this pair to become U.S. champions, in 1994, a title they held consecutively through 1996. They competed in six World Championships, winning bronze medals in 1995-96 and a silver medal in 1998. Meno and Sand began skating at ages 8 and 10, respectively, and were members of three Olympic teams, in 1992 (with different partners), 1994 and 1998. The husband-and-wife duo currently coach singles and pairs skaters at the national and international level in Aliso Viejo, Calif. They have two young boys, Jack, 5, and Matthew, 3.

Robert Turk

Turk gives the term “one-man show” new meaning. A talented combination of musician, dancer and figure skater, he has more than 22 years of experience with the Ice Capades as a director and producer/choreographer, having begun as the understudy to 1942 U.S. champion Robert Specht. Turk was the choreographer for many skating specials, including “Highlights of Ice Capades in the 60s,” Ice Capades specials and a live, weekly television skating show from California. He created a school of dance on ice in the 1950s. Turk has worked with many World and Olympic champions. The Ice Capades will host a 70th reunion in Las Vegas, Nev., and Turk will to attend.