An American former figure skater and author, Kristi Yamaguchi, has a net worth of $8 million.
As an Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater and media expert, Yamaguchi’s fame and fortune were unmatched.
The year 1989 marked the start of Kristi’s fame, as she emerged victorious over her rival Jill Trenary at the U.S. when she was 17 years old.
The Figure Skating Championships resulted in her and Rudi Galindo winning the pairs competition.
After winning the women’s singles gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics, she was inducted into the U.S.A. later that year.
Yamaguchi was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005. He also achieved gold medals at the World Figure Skating Championships (1991 and 1992) and World Junior Figure Skating Championships (1988) as well.
In 2006, Kristi was the host of WE tv’s “Skating’s Next Star” and in 2008, she was named the winner of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” alongside her husband Mark Ballas.
“Figure Skating For Dummies” (1997), “Always Dream” (1998), and “Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice” (2017) are among Yamaguchi’s publications, along with children’s books “Dream Big, Little Pig” (2011), “It’s a Big World Little Pig” (2012), and “Cara’s Kindness” (2016) (2016).”
The book “Dream Big, Little Pig” was a “New York Times” bestseller and won the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award.