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Dorothy Hamill

Olympic Hall of Fame

My mom -- I remember walking into the hotel room and she said, "So, how did you do?" I said, "I won." And she looked at me startled and said, "You did?" She was shocked. She never congratulated me. I think she just never thought I would do it. But my dad, of course, was very proud. And I'm sure my mother was proud. I just didn't know. I guess about four years before the Olympics the goal was to try and make it to the Olympics and hopefully maybe win a medal. And then all of a sudden when that actually happens, it's disconcerting. I mean, now what? What happens now? We didn't plan for that. You know, we just planned for everything up until that moment. And then, "Oh now what?" So it was an interesting time.
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