Sarah Hughes is a professional ice skater who won a gold medal at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Sarah Hughes graduated from Yale in May, 2009. I recently got the chance to have an interview with her. I would like to thank Jessica Abruzzo, who she was the one who helped me get in contacted with Hughes. I also would like to thank Hughes for taking time out in her busy schedule to take part in this Q&A.
SP: I saw in a recent article that you attended the United States Olympic Committee's celebration at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, how does it feel to be part of this?
SH: I started ice skating at the age of three/four so ever since then I always knew I wanted to be apart of such a committee. I felt honored that I made it that far. Just knowing that I was able to meet some big timers.
SP: How did you jungle your social life and skating?
SH: It was hard. I had to travel every day to Hackensack NJ, may I add I lived in Great Neck NY! I personally didn’t have trouble jungle my social life and skating since I didn’t have a social life in high school. I would and still rather be in the rink then going to the mall. It’s nice having that time to me in the rink. I can think about what’s going on in my life at that moment.
SP:Knowing that you wanted to be a Yale student and being an Olympian, how did you jungle your studies?
SH:It was hard but I got through it. Let’s just say, I didn’t sleep a lot. It was hard since my studies was and still is really important to me but yet again, so was ice skating. I tried to get my studies done before training, or on the days I didn’t train.
SP:After winning gold in the 2002 Olympics, did you have a hard time with the students at Yale?
SH:I actually get this question a lot. I was only 16 at the time I won gold, but when I an incoming freshman, Yale’s newspaper wrote an article about my story. So a lot of people knew who I was but they just congratulated me in passes.
SP: Since you graduated in May 2009, what have you been doing?
SH:I teach figure skating and support figure skating in Harlem New York. It provides free skating lessons and tutoring to girls in the area who have the love of the rink as I do.
5 comments:
I liked the q & a because I found it interesting that you got to interview a gold medalist.
There are some minor mistakes such as using "I" in the intro.
-Kristine Kelly
I really liked your Q&A. I thought it was great that you got someone so close to your group's topic! The questions were good.
I agree with Kristine with the introduction using I and also, did you mean jungle or juggle in questions 2 and 3?
Lastly, most of your group still has "I" in their profiles. The more professional ones we wrote during class would give your blog more credibility.
-Derrin Minunni
Good source to use -- but way too many spelling mistakes - takes a lot away from an otherwise good q&a
I have the same comment as the girls above. The "I" in the introduction jumped out at me. Also, the word "jungle" was used more than once. It is extremely important that you eliminate errors like these.
There were also errors in the quotes by Hughes. While it is true that you cannot correct her if she misspoke, you should go over what she said or sent to you to make sure that you have everything correct and how she said it.
The sentence reads, "I was only 16 at the time I won gold, but when I an incoming freshman, Yale’s newspaper wrote an article about my story." It is an obvious error. It hurts both your credibility and hers.
- Kaitlyn Compari
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