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Figure Skaters Personal Biographies!


Courtesy of The United States Figure Skating Association, Champions on Ice, Stars on Ice, and other personal homepages.

Men

Alexander Abt


Courtesy Eda Tseinyev

Born:  October 22, 1976-Moscow, RUS
Height:  5'9"
Weight:  139 lbs.
Coach:  Rafael Arutunian
Choreographer:  Tatyana Stepanova

Important Placements

1998 Russian Nationals-4th
1998 European Championships-3rd
1999 Russian National Championships-4th
1999 ISU Grand Prix Final-5th

Damon Allen


Courtesy USFSA

Born:  April 4, 1973-Winston-Salem, NC
Height:  5'8"
Home Club:  Broadmoor SC
Hometown:  Colorado Springs, CO
Training Town:  Colorado Springs, CO
Coach:  Kathy Casey
Choreographers:  Cindy Stuart, Brian Wright

Important Placements

1998 Finlandia Trophy-3rd
1999 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships-6th

Brian Boitano


Courtesy Kate

Born:  October 22, 1963
Hometown:  SanFrancisco, CA
Hair:  Black
Choreographer:  LeAnn Miller

Competitive Highlights

1988 Olympic Winter Games-1st (gold)
1994 Olympic Winter Games-6th
1995 World Professional Championships-1st
1996 Ice Wars (team)-1st
1996 World Professional Championships-2nd
1997 Ice Wars (team)-2nd
1997 World Professional Championships-2nd
1998 World Professional Championships-2nd

Kurt Browning


Courtesy Stars on Ice

Born:  June 18, 1966-Rocky Mountain House, Alberta CAN
Hometown:  Caroline, Alberta CAN
Married:  Sonia Rodriguez
Interests:  Leather tooling, golf, prtending to know how to work a labtop
Favorite Actors:  Sean Connery, Robin Williams
Favorite Actress:  Lassie

Competitive Highlights

1989 World Championships-1st
1990 Goodwill Games-1st
1990 World Championships-1st
1991 World Championships-1st
1992 Olympic Winter Games-6th
1993 Canadian Championships-1st
1993 World Championships-1st
1994 Olympic Winter Games-5th
1995 Canadian Pro. Championships-1st
1995 World Professional Championships-1st
1996 U.S. Pro Championships-1st
1996 Ice Wars (team)-2nd
1996 Canadian Pro Championships-1st
1997 World Professional Championships-1st
1998 Canadian Professional Championships-1st
1998 World Professional Championships-2nd
1999 Japan Open-4th

Phillipe Candeloro


Courtesy Asako

Born:  January 17, 1972-Courbevois, FRA
Hometown:  Colombes, FRA
Height:  5'7"
Weight:  140 lbs.
Hair:  Brown
Eyes:  Brown
Interests:  Music, computer games, skiing
Coach:  Andre Brunet

Competitve Highlights

1997 Japan Open-2nd
1997 French Nationals-1st
1997 European Championships-2nd
1998 Olympic Winter Games-3rd (bronze)

Shepherd Clark


Courtesy USFSA

Born:  March 1, 1971-Atlanta, GA
Height:  5'10"
Home Club:  SC of Boston
Hometown:  Atlanta, GA
Training Town:  Boston, MA., Westchester, NY
Coaches:  Slavka Button, Diane Agle
Choreographer:  Iris Beven

Important Placements

1998 U.S. National Championships-4th
1999 U.S. National Championships-5th

Steven Cousins


photo © J. Barry Mittan

Born:  May 24, 1972-Chester, England
Hometown:  Deeside, North Wales
Height:  6'
Hair:  Dark Brown
Eyes:  Brown
Training Town:  Mariposa Winter Club
Coach:  Robert Tebby, Doug Leigh
Choreographers:  Karen Barber, Stephanie Grosscup

Important Placements

1998 European Championships-7th
1998 Olympic Winter Games-6th
1998 Goodwill Games-9th
1998 Canadian Open-3rd

Scott Davis


Courtesy USFSA

Born:  January 29, 1972-Great Falls, MT
Height:  5'10"
Home Club:  Broadmoor SC
Hometown:  Great Falls, MT
Training Town:  Simsbury, CT
Coach:  Galina Zmievskaya
Choreographers:  Galina Zmievskaya, Nina Petrencko, Alexander Zhulin

Important Placements

1998 U.S. Championships-3rd

Derrick Delmore


Courtesy USFSA

Born:  December 12, 1978-Camp Springs, MD
Height:  5'6"
Home Club:  Washington FSC
Hometown:  Fort Washington, MD
Training Town:  Alexandria, VA., Redwood City, CA
Coaches:  Shirley Hughes

Important Placements

1998 World Junior Championships-1st
1998 U.S. National Championships-5th
1999 U.S. National Championships-10th

Dimitri Dmirienko

Born:  July 25, 1973-Kiev, USSR
Height:  173 cm
Weight:  62 kg
Training Town:  Kiev, UKR
Coach:  Ada Minevich
Choreographer:  Yelena Gudnichak
Home Rink:  Dynamo Kiev

Recent Competitive History

1998 Ukranian Nationals-2nd
1998 European Championships-8th
1998 Olympic Winter Games-14th
1999 World Championships-11th

Todd Eldridge


Courtesy USFSA

Born:  August 28, 1971-Chatham, MA
Height:  5'8"
Home Club:  Detroit SC
Hometown:  Chatham, MA
Training Town:  Bloomfield Hills, MI
Coach:  Richard Callaghan
Choreographers:  Kirk Wyse, Igor Shpilband

Recent Competitive History

1998 Champions Series Final-3rd
1998 U.S. Championships-1st
1998 Olympic Winter Games-4th
1998 Goodwill Games-1st
1998 Masters of Figure Skating-1st
1998 World Professional Championships
1999 Japan Open-3rd

Rudy Galindo


Courtesy ABC Sports

Born:  September 7, 1969-San Jose, CA
Hometown:  San Jose, CA
Height:  5'6"
Weight:  140 lbs.
Hair:  Black
Eyes:  Brown
Interests:  Music, Dance

Competitive Highlights

1993 U.S. Olympic Festival-2nd
1993 U.S. National Championships-5th
1994 Vienna Cup-1st
1994 U.S. National Championships-7th
1995 U.S. National Championships-8th
1996 U.S. National Championships-1st
1996 World Championships-3rd
1996 U.S. Pro Championships-4th
1996 World Challenge of Champions-1st
1997 Legends Professional Championships-1st

Timothy Goebel


Courtesy USFSA

Born:  September 10, 1980-Evanston, IL
Height:  5'7"
Home Club:  Winterhurst FSC
Hometown:  Rolling Meadows, IL
Training Town:  Lakewood, OH
Coaches:  Carol Heiss Jenkins, Glyn Watts
Choreographer:  Glyn Watts

Important Placements

1998 World Junior Championships-WD
1998 U.S. Championships-WD
1998 Goodwill Games-5th
1999 U.S. National Championships-3rd
1999 World Championships-12th

Scott Hamilton


Courtesy Stars on Ice

Born:  August 28, 1958-Bowling Green, OH
Hometown:  Denver, CO
Height:  5'3"
Eyes:  Blue
Hair:  Blonde
Interests:  Golf, reading, music, pinball

Competitive Highlights

1982 U.S. National Championships-1st
1982 World Championships-1st
1983 U.S. National Championships-1st
1983 World Championships-1st
1984 U.S. Nationals-1st
1984 Olympic Winter Games-1st (gold)
1984 World Championships-1st
1996 Legends Competition-1st

Dan Hollander


Courtesy USFSA

Born:  May 9, 1972-Royal Oak-MI
Height:  5'2"
Home CLub:  Detroit SC
Hometown:  Huntington Woods, MI
Training Town:  Bloomfield Hills, MI
Coach:  Mitch Moyer
Choreographers:  J. Scott Driscol, Simone Grigorescu

Important Placements

1998 U.S. National Championships-6th
1999 U.S. National Championships-11th

Takeshi Honda


Courtesy Yoshiko Ariyoshi

Born:  March 23, 1981
Hometown:  Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture
Training Town:  Simsbury, CT
Home Club:  Skate Nation (CT)
Coaches:  Galina Zmievskaya, Hiroshi Nagakubo
Choreographer:  LeAnn Miller

Important Placements

1998 Japanese Nationals-WD
1998 Winter Olympics-15th
1998 World Championships-11th
1998 Goodwill Games-6th
1999 Japan Open-5th
1999 World Championships-6th

Ryan Jahnke


Courtesy USFSA

Born:  March 21, 1978-Detroit, MI
Height:  5'11"
Home Club:  St. Clair Shores FSC
Hometown:  Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Training Town:  St. Clair Shores, MI
Coach:  Diana Ronayne
Choreographers:  J. Scott Driscoll, Stephanie Pizzo

Important Placements

1998 U.S. National Championships-8th
1999 U.S. National Championships-9th

Ilia Kulik


Courtesy CBS Sports

Born:  May 23, 1977-Moscow, USSR
Height:  5'11"
Weight:  160 lbs.
Choreographer:  V. Gromov
Homeclub:  Dynamo Moscow

Important Placements

1997-98 Champion Series Final-1st
1998 Russian Nationals-1st
1998 Olympic Winter Games-1st (gold)
1998 Masters of Figure Skating 4th

Jeff Langdon


photo © J. Barry Mittan

Born:  August 13, 1975
Place of Birth:  Smith Falls, Ontario CAN
Hometown:  Barrie, Ontario CAN
Training Site:  Mariposa Winter Club
Height:  5'9"
Weight:  140 lbs.
Coach:  Robert Tebby
Choreographer:  Michelle Leigh

Important Placements

1998 Canadian National Championships-3rd
1998 Olympic Winter Games-12th
1998 World Championships-8th
1999 Canadian National Championships-7th

Eric Millot


Courtesy Emma Abraham

Born:  December 12, 1968
Height:  5'6"
Weight:  132 lbs.
Hometown:  Ormesson Sur Marne, FRA
Town of Residence:  Palm Springs, CA

Competitive Highlights

1998 World Professional Artistic Figure Skating Championships-2
1998 Grand Slam of Figure Skating-6th

Brian Orser


Courtesy "Nutcracker on Ice" Homepage

Born:  December 18, 1961-Belleville, Ontario CAN
Hometown:  Toronto, Ontario CAN
Interests:  Skiing, cooking, golf

Competitive Highlights

1981-1988 Canadian Nationals-1st
1984 World Free Skating Championships-1st
1984 Olympic Winter Games-2nd (silver)
1986 World Free Skating Championships-1st
1987 World Championships-1st
1988 World Free Skating Championships-1st
1988 Olympic Winter Games-2nd (silver)
1988 World Championships-2nd
1989 North Atlantic Professional Championships-1st
1996 Legends Skating Challenge-3rd
1998 Masters of Figure Skating-3rd
1999 Japan Open-6th

Viktor Petrenko


Courtesy Joyce

Born:  June 27, 1969-Odessa, UKR
Hometowns:  Odessa UKR, Simsbury, CT
Height:  5'9"
Weight:  140 lbs.
Hair:  Blonde
Eyes:  Brown
Interests:  Books, music, sports

Competitive Highlights

1988 European Championships-3rd
1988 Olympic Winter Games-3rd (bronze)
1988 World Championships-3rd
1989 World Championships-6th
1991 Skate America-1st
1991 European Championships-1st
1991 World Championships-2nd
1992 Olympic Winter Games-1st (gold)
1992 World Championships-1st
1993 Skate America-1st
1994 European Championships-1st
1994 Olympic Winter Games-4th

Evgeny Plushenko


Courtesy CBS Sports

Born:  November 3, 1982-Vologograd, RUS
Height:  5'7"
Weight:  120 lbs.
Hometown:  St. Petersberg Russia
Choreographer:  Evgeny Serezhnikov and Edvald Smirnov
Coach:Alexei Mishin

Important Placements

1997-98 Champion Series Final-5th
1998 Russian Nationals-3rd
1998 European Championships-2nd
1998 World Championships-3rd
1999 Russian National Championships-1st
1999 European Championships-2nd
1999 Japan Open-1st
1999 ISU Grand Prix Final-3rd
1999 World Championships-2nd

Matt Savoie


Courtesy USFSA

Born: September 12, 1980 - Peoria, Ill.
Height: 5'8"
Home Club: Illinois Valley FSC
Hometown: Peoria, Ill.
Training Town: Peoria, Ill.
School: Bradley University (Peoria, Ill.)
Coach: Linda Branan
Choreographer: Tom Dickson

Important Placements

1998 U.S. National Championships-11th
1999 World Junior Championships-4th
1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix-6th
1999 U.S. National Championships-4th

Elvis Stojko


Courtesy Slam! Sports

Born:  March 22, 1972-Newmarket, Ontario CAN
Home Club:  Mariposa Club
Hometown:  Barrie, Ontario CAN
Training Town:  Barris, Ontario CAN
Coach:  Doug Leigh, Uschi Keszler, Ellen Burka

Important Placements

1998 Champion Series Final-2nd
1998 Olympic Winter Games-2nd (silver)
1999 Canadian National Championships-1st
1999 World Championships-4th

Laurent Tobel


Courtesy Champions on Ice

Born:  June 24, 1975-Savigny Sur Orge, FRA
Hometown:  Fosses, FRA
Height:  6'2"
Weight:  181 lbs.
Hair:  Brown
Eyes:  Brown
Interests:  Modern music, art, old films

Important Placements

1998 French Nationals-2nd
1999 French Nationals-1st
1999 European Championships-5th
1999 World Championships-8th

Alexei Urmanov


photo © J. Barry Mittan

Born:  December 17, 1973-St. Petersberg, RUS
Hometown:  St. Petersberg, RUS
Training Town:  St. Petersberg, RUS
Homerink:  Yubileny Rink
Height:  5'9"
Weight:  143 lbs.
Hair:  Brown
Eyes:  Brown
Interests:  Music, video and audio equipment
Coach:  Alexei Mishin

Important Placements

1998 Goodwill Games-2nd
1998 Masters of Figure Skating-2nd
1999 Russian National Championships-3rd
1999 European Championships-3rd
1999 ISU Grand Prix Final-2nd
1999 World Championships-5th

Andrejs Vlascenko


photo © J. Barry Mittan

Birth date: June 15, 1974 
Birth place: Weinmar, Germany 
Height: 183 cm. 
Weight: 72 kg. 
Hometown: Stuttgart, Germany 
Hobbies: music, computer games and darts 
Coach: Anzelika Surupova 
Choreographers: R. Sinitzin, T Tchiniaev & D. Gooslbey

Important Placements

1998 German Nationals-2nd
1998 Europeans-4th
1998 World Championships-5th
1999 Grand Prix Final-6th
1999 German Nationals-1st
1999 World Championships-9th

Michael Weiss


Courtesy USFSA

Born:  August 2, 1976-Washington D.C.
Height:  5'8"
Home Club:  Washington FSC
Hometown:  Fairfax, VA
Coach:  Audrey Weisiger
Choreographers:  Brian Wright, Lisa Thornton-Weiss

Important Placements

1998 U.S. Championships-2nd
1998 Olympic Winter Games-7th
1998 Goodwill Games-4th
1998 Canadian Professional Championships-2nd
1999 U.S. National Championships-1st
1999 ISU Grand Prix Final-4th
1999 World Championships-3rd

Paul Wylie


Courtesy Stars on Ice

Born:  October 28, 1964-Dallas, TX
Hometown:  Somerville, MA
Education:  Harvard College
Interests:  Skiing, reading, hiking, camping, music, scuba diving
Favorite T.V.:  Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld
Sports Heroes:  Bobby Orr, Scott Hamilton

Competitive Highlights

1988 U.S. Championships-2nd
1989 U.S. Championships-3rd
1990 U.S. Championships-2nd
1991 U.S. Championships-2nd
1992 U.S. Championships-2nd
1992 Olympic Winter Games-2nd (silver)
1992 U.S. Open Professional Championships-1st
1992 Pro/Am Championships-1st
1992 World Professional Figure Skating Championships-2nd
1992 World Challenge of Champions-1st
1993-1995 Miko Masters Paris Championships-1st
1993 World Professional Championships-1st
1993 World Challenge of Champions-1st
1994 Pro/Am Championships-1st
1995 World Challenge of Champions-1st
1996 U.S. Professional Championships-2nd
1996 Ultimate Four Competition-2nd
1997 World Challenge of Champions-1st

Alexei Yagudin


Courtesy Champions on Ice

Born:  March 18, 1980-St. Petersberg, RUS
Hometown:  St. Petersberg, RUS
Height:  5'7"
Weight:  140 lbs.
Hair:  Brown
Eyes:  Blue
Interests:  Music, soccer, fishing
Coach:  Tatiana Tarasova

Important Placements

97-98 Champions Series Final-4th
1998 European Championships-1st
1998 Russian National Championships-2nd
1998 Olympic Winter Games-5th
1998 World Championships-1st
1999 World Professional Championships-1st
1999 Russian National Championships-2nd
1999 Japan Open-2nd
1999 European Championships-1st
1999 ISU Grand Prix Final-1st
1999 World Championships-1st

Viacheslav Zagorodniuk


Courtesy Eda Tseinyev

Born:  August 11, 1972
Residence:  Odessa
Occupation:  Student
Coach:  Valentin Nikolajev
Choreographer:  Olga Mudrak

Competitive Highlights

1998 European Championships-7th
1998 Olympic Winter Games-10th
1998 World Championships-4th

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