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Janet Lynn

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Figure Skater

The Resume

    (April 6, 1953- )
    Birth name is Janet Lynn Nowicki
    Polish-American
    Began skating at age three
    Five time US National Champion (1969, 70, 71, 72, 73)
    Olympic Bronze Medalist (1972)
    World Silver Medalist (1972, 73)

Why she might be annoying:

    She could never get the compulsory figures.
    This allowed inferior skaters to be placed above her, despite winning the freeskate.
    She lost the Olympic gold medal to one of the worst freeskaters in the world, Beatrix Schuba of Austria.
    She is a born-again Christian.
    At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, she fell on her ass while doing a sit spin.
    She dropped her Polish surname to avoid American anti-communist sentiment.

Why she might not be annoying:

    When she fell on her sit spin in Sapporo, she smiled and got back up, endearing her to the audience.
    The Ice Capades paid her $1.5 million per year, making her one of the highest paid women athletes in the country.
    Skate mavens think she was the world's greatest freeskater.
    Her misfortune at the 1972 Winter Olympics was the catalyst to eventually eliminating the boring and expensive compulsories.
    She developed asthma from overtraining.
    Her religious faith helped her overcome her disappointment of not winning at the Olympics or World Championships.

Credit: Xer


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 12 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 19 Votes: 21.05% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 110 Votes: 46.36% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 68 Votes: 42.65% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 1974 Votes: 49.85% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 73 Votes: 36.99% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 1426 Votes: 65.29% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 2146 Votes: 50.93% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 394 Votes: 42.13% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 125 Votes: 45.60% Annoying