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Rory Flack | |
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Full name | Ellen "Rory" Flack |
Born | Belleville, Illinois | April 28, 1969
Hometown | San Diego, California |
Figure skating career | |
Country | United States |
Skating club | Color of Ice Academy |
Retired | 1991 (competitive skating) |
Rory Flack (Flack-Mitchell[1]) (born April 28, 1969) is a professional figure skater and former competitor. She is the first African American woman to perform a back flip on the ice in 1991. In 1994 she became the first African American woman to win the US Open Professional Figure Skating Championships. She is very well known for her signature Russian splits.[2]