Rank the 5 best life-after-skating (that's not skating-related)

[pumba]

Vera Wang

[DORISPULASKI]

Condoleeze Rice? :grin:

[bardtoob]

Condoleeze Rice? :grin:

Well, Michelle is on her ways to eclipsing her . . . Michelle Kwan for President

[Susan M]

Are you asking about skaters who accomplished something notable outside of skating ? I don't know about lists or rankings, but do want to add Wayne Seybold's name to the mix. He was a US Olympian in pairs and has been the Mayor of Marion, Indiana (pop approx. 31,000) since 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Seybold

[jlai]

A mayor in the mix! Cool!

[cygnus]

A mayor in the mix! Cool!

If you want a skater with a sucessful political career after skating, I don't know if anyone beats Otto Jelinek, World champion in pairs 1962, who became a cabinet minister in the Mulroney government, and is now a successful businessman in the Czech republic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Jelinek

[query5]

not in any order

michelle--envoy and getting a degree, tenely and debi both doctors great accomplishment
plus debi-helping out with senior citizens etc.
maybe the usfsa should help out with money for the trip.
the mayor i forget his name -
the jenkins brothers--
sarah hughes for going to college
jennifer kirk for her newspaper duty.
there is so many that is hard to put down and sometimes we don't really know what they have done.
dick

that is all i know

brian maybe cooking show,
all the skaters who go to college like jennifer,
loren galler rabinowitz etc.
instead of skating on shows,
paul i think did shows while might have went to college--not sure.
kristi and scott for the charity work etc.
sarah for going to college-hopefully moving on to be a lawyer.

but it seems to me the skaters either go to college and then move on with their lives, or stay in skate in shows/tour and acting, commentating .
which we sometimes see a bit too much of them.
i don't mind skaters commentating but it is getting a bore or (too much) for so many athletes to be acting.

[Garden Kitty]

Since the thread title mentions skaters and not just figure skaters, I'll add one of my all time faves, Eric Heiden. After his 5 gold medal Olympic performance, he switched to cycling and became the US Pro Road Champion as well as riding in the Tour de France.

After his cycling career, he went to medical school and became an orthopedic surgeon. He now works regularly as a team doctor for US speed skating and BMC pro cycling team. Plus he and his wife have teamed with a leading sports doctor in cycling to establish a well known orthopedic center as well as conducting sports training camps.

[orbitz]

Scott Kramer is a dentist.

[danceronice]

Condoleeza Rice.

[bardtoob]

Scott Kramer is a dentist.

I bet Scott Hamilton loves that.

[nylynnr]

I think Scott Cramer is a chiropractor.

[jlai]

Condoleeze Rice? :grin:

What's her accomplishment in skating?

[DORISPULASKI]

What's her accomplishment in skating?

http://figureskating.about.com/od/af...ers/f/rice.htm

She was an ice dancer when she was a teen ager.

Rice wrote:

I believe I may have learnt more from my failed figure-skating career than I did from anything else. Athletics gives you a kind of toughness and discipline that nothing else really does."

[rhumba]

WOW!! I was so impressed with the list. These people are great role model for young skaters. Life after skating is very important, can't say enough. Education is the key. I hope the future list gets bigger, e.g. Flatt, Emily Hughes, etc. I was embarrassed when people talked about Bobek or Harding. Thanks for the thread.

[Prancer]

I don't know about rankings, but as someone who did something completely different after skating, Todd Waggoner was a Navy fighter jet pilot and now flies for United Airlines.

[Simone411]

Kristi definitely deserving to be on that list for doing something notable outside of skating ... the Always Dream Foundation:

http://www.alwaysdream.org/about/our_mission

Also adding Tara Lipinski to the list for her charitable work which includes national spokesperson for Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Childhood Leukemia Foundation. She's also involved with the Childrens Circle of Care, the Make A Wish Foundation and supports St. Judes Childrens Research Hospital.