At just 13-years-old, Tara Lipinski gained international attention for qualifying for the U.S. figure skating team at 1996 world championships.
She finished 15th, but followed that up a year later by becoming the youngest to ever win a World Figure Skating title at 14.
She was just getting started.
Entering the 1998 Olympic Games, Lipinski was the silver medal favorite behind fellow American Michelle Kwan. Trailing Kwan after the short program, Lipinski's long program performance earned first-place votes from six of the nine judges, making her the youngest winner of an individual medal at the Winter Games at the age of 15 years and 255 days.