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From the proverbial wrong side of the tracks in Portland, Oregon, former competitive figure skater was never fully accepted in the figure skating community for not inherently being the image of grace, breeding, and privilege that the community wanted to portray, despite being naturally gifted in the sport athletically. Despite ultimately garnering some success in figure skating being national champion, a world championship medalist, an Olympian, and being the first American woman to complete a Triple Axel in competition, she is arguably best known for her association to "the incident": the leg bashing on January 6, 1994 of her competitor, , who, unlike Tonya, was everything that the figure-skating community wanted in their representatives. Her association to that incident led to Tonya being banned from competitive figure skating for life. Tonyas story from the beginning of her figure-skating life at age four to the aftermath of the incident is presented. Besides Tonya herself, key people in her life give their perspective of their role in her life. Although they may agree on the broad issues at hand, such as that the incident did occur, they may vary widely in their recollection of the details. These people are: her waitress mother , who despite having paid for her expensive figure-skating lessons, was abusive toward her physically and emotionally, never believing she was good enough in any aspect of the word, and who pulled her from school to focus solely on the figure skating; , her first and longest-serving coach, who, for good or bad, largely let Tonya be Tonya in the way she presented herself to the figure skating world; , her first husband, and partner in a turbulent relationship on a need to be loved, perhaps without truly loving each other; Jeffs friend and Tonyas bodyguard , a dim bulb who believed himself to be a bigger player in the big scheme of life than he actually was; and sports journalist Martin Maddox, a fictional character who provides general commentary of what the sports media as a collective wanted out of Tonya and the incident.
Loved for a fleeting moment, then hated for life, , the child prodigy who was forced into the realm of skating by her overbearing, abusive mother , recounts her bumpy life. From her damaging relationship with her first beau, , to her utter defeat in the 1992 Winter Olympics, and from that disgraceful incident with her friend and fellow skater, , to her last chance at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Tonya has always been a victim of her abundant talent. However, talent alone isnt enough, even for the first American figure skater who can perform to perfection the notoriously challenging triple axel in competition.
Margot Robbie
Tonya
Sebastian Stan
Jeff
Allison Janney
LaVona
Julianne Nicholson
Diane Rawlinson
Paul Walter Hauser
Shawn
Bobby Cannavale
Martin Maddox
Bojana Novakovic
Dody Teachman
Caitlin Carver
Nancy Kerrigan
Maizie Smith
Tonya (3 1
Mckenna Grace
Tonya (8-12 Yrs)
Suehyla El-Attar Young
Skater Mom
Jason Davis
Al
Mea Allen
Snooty Girl
Cory Chapman
Chris
Amy Fox
Skating Judge
Cara Mantella
Choreographer
Joshua Mikel
Heckling Spectator
Lynne Ashe
Shawn's Mother
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