Debra Janine Thomas

Debra Janine Thomas

Debra Janine Thomas net worth is $20 Thousand. Also know about Debra Janine Thomas bio, salary, height, age weight, relationship and more …

Debra Janine Thomas Wiki Biography

  • Debra Janine Thomas was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, of American and African descent, on 25 March 1967. 
  • She is best known for being a former figure skater, who won the 1986 World Figure Skating Championship, the 1988 Bronze Olympic Medal, and twice the US National Championship. 
  • She is a doctor and an orthopedic surgeon as well. 
  • As of mid-2016, it has been reported from authoritative sources that Debi’s net worth is $20,000. 
  • The primary sum of this amount of money comes from her occupation as a figure skater. 
  • By her medical profession, another source is portrayed. 
  • In San Jose, California, Debi Thomas spent her childhood with her brother and was raised by a single mother, as her parents divorced when she was a young girl; both of her parents were analysts in computer programming. 
  • Debi began training for figure skating thanks to her mother, and she was inspired by Mr. Frick’s ice skating show. 
  • She won several prestigious competitions during her career, becoming one of the greatest figure skaters of all time, and was inducted into the Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000. 
  • Her first professional win came in 1986 when at the 1986 World Figure Skating Championships she won the Gold Medal, and the same year she won the US national title, which also boosted her net worth overall. 
  • She sustained an injury the next year, but still played, finishing second at the World Championships held in Cincinnati, which added to her net worth as well. 
  • Debi won the Bronze Medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, after which she retired from amateur figure skating, but took part in professional competitions, including the 1988 World Professional Championships, which she won as part of the Stars On Ice skating party, to talk more about her achievements as a figure skater. 
  • She concentrated on education after retirement, studying to become an orthopedic surgeon, so she attended Stanford University and the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. 
  • She started working as an orthopedic surgeon right after graduation, most notably for the ORTHO X-challenge Debra J. Thomas in Richlands, Virginia, which initially increased its net worth, but sadly closed the facility in 2014, and since then there is no record of her work. 
  • Debi Thomas, speaking about her personal life, has been married twice. 
  • Brian Vander Hogen (1988-96) was his first husband, then she married sports attorney Chris Bequette (1996-98), with whom she has a son. 
  • She is reportedly engaged to Jamie Looney, and she has adopted two of her sons. 
  • The couple lives in what is rumored to be a very complicated relationship in south-west Virginia. 
  • IMDB Wikipedia $20,000 1.67 1967 1967-3-25 American Aries actress Debi Thomas Net Worth Debra Thomas Janice Thomas March 25 McKinley Thomas New York Poughkeepsie U.S. 

Debra Janine Thomas Quick Info

Full Name Debi Thomas
Net Worth $20 Thousand
Date Of Birth March 25, 1967
Place Of Birth Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Height 1.67
Profession Actress
Education Northwestern University, Stanford University, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Nationality American
Children Luc Bequette
Parents McKinley Thomas, Janice Thomas
Siblings Richard Taylor
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1317172

Debra Janine Thomas Important Facts

  • Inducted into the San Jose [California] Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
  • Inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000.
  • Has one son.
  • Was for many years an orthopedic surgeon in Little Rock, Arkansas. According to a February 2016 online article in The Washington Post, she had declared bankruptcy, let her medical license expire, and was living with her fiancé in a trailer in rural southern Virginia (see Miscellaneous links).
  • Graduated from Northwestern Medical School (1997)
  • Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in engineering
  • On the cover of Time magazine (February 15, 1988)
  • The first African-American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics (1988). The first black skater to win a U.S. Figure Skating and a World Figure Skating Championship (1986).

Debra Janine Thomas Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Nutcracker on Ice 2009 TV Movie Snow Queen Actress
Good Morning America 2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Insider 2015 TV Series Herself Self
Bud Greenspan’s Favorite Stories of Winter Olympic Glory 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
VH-1 Where Are They Now? 1999 TV Series documentary Herself Self
American Gladiators 1995 TV Series Contestant Self
The Official 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics Video 1988 Video documentary Herself / American Figure Skater Bronze Medalist Self
The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards 1987 TV Special Herself Self
Ebony/Jet Showcase 1985 TV Series Herself Self
Inside Edition 2015 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Entertainment Tonight 2015 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Biography 2004 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Life and Times 2002 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage

Debra Janine Thomas Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1988 Blimp Award Kids’ Choice Awards, USA Favorite Female Athlete Won
1988 Blimp Award Kids’ Choice Awards, USA Favorite Female Athlete Nominated