Naomi Lang (born December 18, 1978) is an American former competitive ice dancer.
Lang is the first Native American female athlete to participate in the Winter Olympics.
[3] She married American ice dancer Mark Fitzgerald in August 2008 in Tarrytown, New York.
She began competitive ice dance with John Lee, winning the 1995 U.S. Novice title and the 1996 U.S.
[2] They had a successful tryout in Lake Placid, New York, and trained there for nine months with Natalia Dubova; then, due to Lang's homesickness, they moved to Detroit and began training with Igor Shpilband and Elizabeth Coates.
In 2000, Lang/Tchernyshev moved to Hackensack, New Jersey, to train with Alexander Zhulin, who coached them until the end of the 2001–02 season.
They intended to compete at the 2004 U.S. Championships but withdrew after Lang re-injured her Achilles tendon.