Jeremy Abbott
EVENT - FIGURE SKATING, SINGLES
HEIGHT 5'9"
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OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS
- 2010 Olympic Winter Games - ninth
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2009 U.S. champion
- 2008 Grand Prix Final gold medalist
- 2007 Four Continents bronze medalist
- 11th place at 2008 and 2009 World Championships
- Fourth place at 2007 and 2008 U.S. Championships
- 2005 U.S. Junior champion
- Ranked No. 7 in the ISU World Standings as of May 2009
PERSONAL
Abbott began skating at age 4, inspired by watching British 1980 Olympic men's gold medalist Robin Cousins skate in a show in Aspen, Colo. He moved on to the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program, competing in ice dancing and pairs. A fractured vertebra sidelined him for 15 weeks in 2003. In 2005, Abbott compared his chances of winning the junior national championship to the likelihood of pigs flying. Of course, he ended up winning the title. Family and friends subsequently started the "Pigs Can Fly" Web site and fan club. Abbott started the Jeremy Abbott Training Fund with the Aspen Skating Club, his first club, to support competitive local male figure skaters. Abbott loves music but "cannot play an instrument to save my life." His other hobbies include drawing, writing, snowboarding and reading. His older sister, Gwen, was a downhill skier who competed in the X Games.
DID YOU KNOW...?
- Has a tattoo
- Born one day after Evan Lysacek
