Rory Flack (Flack-Mitchell[1]%29 (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]

Family

• Father: William Flack (brother of singer Roberta Flack)
• Mother: Dorothy Jackson
• Spouse: Ralph Burghart (m. 1992, div. 2007)
• Children: Rendell Burghart, Remington Burghart
• Spouse: Roi Mitchell (m. April 6, 2015)

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References

1. Wikipedia contributors, "Rory Flack," < Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia > (accessed February 24, 2025).