Кто женился на Хардинг, Тоня?

Тоня Максин Хардинг (англ. Tonya Maxene Harding; род. 12 ноября 1970, Портленд, Орегон, США) — американская фигуристка-одиночница.

В 1991 году она выиграла чемпионат США и заняла второе место на чемпионате мира. Тоня стала второй женщиной в истории (после Мидори Ито) и первой американкой, выполнившей тройной аксель на соревнованиях.

Карьера фигуристки внезапно завершилась после того, как её бывший муж Джефф Гиллоули, вступив в сговор с Шоуном Экардтом и Шейном Стэнтом, напал на Нэнси Керриган (соперницу Хардинг) на тренировке во время чемпионата США 1994 года. Соучастие Хардинг в нападении на конкурентку стало одним из самых скандальных эпизодов в мире спорта, а также легло в основу художественного фильма «Тоня против всех» (2017).

On January 6, 1994, Nancy Kerrigan, an American figure skater, was struck on the lower right thigh with a baton by assailant Shane Stant as she walked down a corridor in Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Kerrigan had been practicing skating on an ice rink in the arena shortly beforehand.

The attack was planned by Jeff Gillooly, the ex-husband of fellow American figure skater Tonya Harding, and his co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt. They hired Stant and his uncle Derrick Smith to carry out the attack. Gillooly and Eckardt both claimed that Harding was involved in the attack and had knowledge of it beforehand. Harding initially denied all knowledge of the attack, but soon accepted a plea agreement admitting to helping cover up the attack after the fact. Later, both a grand jury and a disciplinary panel from the United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA) found further evidence of Harding's involvement during the planning and execution phases.

The attack was intended to prevent Kerrigan from taking part in the ongoing 1994 United States Figure Skating Championships and the forthcoming Winter Olympics, thus increasing the prospects of Harding in both figure skating events. Kerrigan could not compete in the US Championship but recovered in time to compete in the Winter Olympics. Both women competed in the 1994 Olympics, and Harding was later banned for life from USFSA figure skating events.