Timeline

1994 - Finishes second at national championships, but is left off Olympic team when Nancy Kerrigan receives a medical bye. Kerrigan had been injured at a practice session for nationals by an attacker hired by associates of skater Tonya Harding. The 13-year-old Kwan travels to Norway as an alternate, but doesn't compete in games.

1996 - Wins national and world titles, her first of each.

1998 - Enters Nagano Olympics as the favorite and leads after short program, but ends up second to Tara Lipinski in first 1-2 finish for the United States in women's figure skating since 1956.

2001 - Wins fourth world championship and fifth national title, but splits with longtime coach Frank Carroll later in the year.

2002 - Favored again, but skating without a coach, wins bronze medal at Salt Lake City Olympics. Teammate Sarah Hughes takes gold.

2003 - Under new coach Scott Williams, wins fifth world championship, becoming first woman to reclaim world title three times. Later switches coaches again from Williams to Rafael Arutunian.

2004 - Finishes third at world championships, her ninth straight year with a medal. Only Sonja Henie (11 consecutive years) has surpassed that streak.

2005 - Joins Maribel Vinson as only skaters with nine national titles, winning record eighth in a row, then misses entire Grand Prix season leading to Olympics with hip injury.

2006 - Withdraws from national championships with groin injury, but receives spot on Olympic team after satisfying a five-person monitoring committee during practice session in late January. Cuts short first practice in Turin after straining a groin muscle, then withdraws from games the next day.