Name: Adam Rippon

Sport: Figure Skating

Height: 5-7

Weight: 145

DOB: 11/11/1989

Birthplace: Scranton, Pa.

Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.

Team/Club: Skating Club of New York

Coach(es): Rafael Arutyunyan

Olympic Experience

• Olympian (2018); Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
• PyeongChang 2018, bronze (team), 10th (individual)
• Alternate (2010)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2016 – 6th
• Years of participation: 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
• Top finish: 6th – 2010, 2016

Other Career Highlights

• 2017 ISU Grand Prix Final, 5th
• 2016 ISU Grand Prix Final, 6th
• Only man to win back-to-back World Junior titles (2008-09)

Personal: Is the oldest of six children...Began skating at age 9...Has choreographed skating programs for fellow Team USA athletes Mirai Nagasu, Ashley Wagner and Christina Gao...Was born deaf and underwent corrective surgery at Yale University just before his first birthday, allowing him to hear almost perfectly...Hobbies include running and hiking.

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