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Tai Reina Babilonia (born September 22, 1959) is an American former pair skater. Together with Randy Gardner, she won the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships and five U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1976–1980). The pair qualified for the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics.〔(Tai Babilonia ). Sports-reference〕 ==Career== Babilonia and Gardner began skating together when Babilonia was eight years old and Gardner was ten.〔 Their coach from 1972 until 1980 was John Nicks. The pair became five-time U.S. national champions and won the gold medal at the 1979 World Championships.〔〔 They were medal favorites at the 1980 Winter Olympics but were forced to withdraw due to an injury to Gardner.〔〔〔 Babilonia was the first figure skater of partial African American descent to compete for the United States at Olympics and win world titles. She is also part Filipino on her father's side and part Native American.〔〔(Notable Filipinos Worldwide ). notablefilipinos.com〕 In 1990, a biographical film of her rise to fame was aired on television, "On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story".〔(On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story (1990) ). IMDb〕 Babilonia appeared in the 2006 Fox television program ''Skating with Celebrities'', partnered with Olympic decathlon gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce). Tai currently appears as a "co-host" with host Ken Boxer on the television interview talk show, "Ken Boxer Live." The show originates in Santa Barbara, California on TVSB Channel 17. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tai Babilonia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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