Elvis stojko, msc msm born march 22, 1972 is a canadian figure skater. Cbc olympics hayley wickenheiser proud to be canadian in. Stojko first joined the skate canada national team in 1990 and went on to become one of canadas most successful skaters. Elvis stojko team canada official olympic team website. Elvis stojko and his wife have moved to a new home north of peterborough. Check out this video to see elvis discussing and testing out the new wongmania synthetic ice facility by. Figure skating moments elvis stojko, lillehammer olympic. If you dont want to hear about the time elvis stojko. At the salt lake winter olympics in 2002, he placed eighth. See more ideas about figure skating, ice skating and kurt browning. Watch this awesome video as elvis breaks down the differences between the 3 jumps and the 3 leaps used in figure skating at approximately 5 minutes and 20 seconds of this clip. Official profile of olympic athlete elvis stojko born 22 mar 1972, including games, medals, results, photos, videos and news. I saw elvis stojko s name in the credits, but as the episode went on i forgot about him. Salt lake city, utah, usa 2002 winter games, figure skating, mens free skate elvis stojko of canada placed 8th in the free skate and ended up dropping from 7th to 8th place overall.
This is the official page of elvis stojko olympic and world skater actor kart & car racer animal lover. He was born to a hungarian mother and slovenian father who raised him in richmond hill, ontario. Figure skater elvis stojko suffers head injury during. Please do like our videos and share with someone who. Olympic results olympic medals won gold silver bronze 0 2 0 year event result 1992 mens. Cbc olympics kurt browning singing in the rain facebook.
Team canada elvis stojko is one of canadas most successful male figure skaters, having won backtoback olympic silver medals at lillehammer 1994 and nagano 1998 to go with his three world titles 1994, 1995, 1997 and seven national titles 1994, 19962000, 2002. Since 1994, elvis was a leading skating star for the tom collins tour of world figure skating champions, touring over 50 u. In 1986 the ioc voted to change the schedule of the olympic games so that the summer and winter games would be held in different years. At the 1991 world championships, stojko became the first person to land a quadrupledouble jump combination. Canadian figureskating icon elvis stojko is recovering after suffering a head injury during a stars on ice performance in hamilton, ontario, on sunday. After the 199899 season, stojko changed coaches from doug leigh to uschi keszler and tim wood.
At the 1992 winter olympics in albertville, he finished 7th despite skating a technically strong routine, but a month later he made his first. Elvis stojko, by his own account the most aggressive figure skater ever, lives in mexico now south of guadalajara with his wife and three rescue. Elvis stojko was born in newmarket, ontario, canada in 1972 and he celebrates his birthday on 22 march every year. He was a threetime world champion, twotime olympic silver medallist, and seventime canadian champion. Canadian former olympic silver medalist elvis stojko is still on the warpath, fighting the horrors of effeminate men in figure skating. Olympic and world champion figure skaters are coming together to help health workers on the front lines of the covid19 pandemic with a special fundraising event on friday, april 17. The seventies saw many womens rights, gay rights, and environmental movements. See more ideas about going for gold, figure skating and ice skating. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
He attended his first world championship in 1990, placing 9th, and the following year he was the first man to land a quadrupledouble jump combination at an. Elvis stojko was to win a silver medal again at the 1998 winter olympics in nagano, japan, in a performance noted as much for the skaters courage as for his artistry. Elvis stojko was born on march 22, 1972 in newmarket, ontario, canada. He was a threetime world champion 1994, 1995, 1997, twotime olympic silver medallist 1994, 1998, and seventime canadian champion 1994, 19962000, and 2002. Elvis stojko can 1994 lillehammer, figure skating, mens technical program. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Lillehammer 1994 individual men olympic figure skating. Hosted by verne lundquist, scott hamilton and tracy wilson. Elvis stojko is part of the baby boomers generation. Stojko finished fourth in the 1999 world championships. Elvis stojko lp 1992 albertville winter olympic games.
He turned professional in 2002 but briefly reinstated as an olympic eligible skater. Elvis stojko wiki, married, wife or girlfriend and net worth. Elvis stojko, the twotime olympic silver medalist, is known for expressing strong opinions on the state of figure skating at the 2010 games, stojko wrote that evan lysaceks performance was. Elvis has been involved in a number of shows and tours. Threetime world champion, twotime olympic silver medalist and seventime canadian champion, elvis stojko, will be one of two hosts at the isu skating awards. Stojko, a canadian figure skater, has won two olympic silver medals and three world championships. Elvis stojko country canada sport figure skating olympics attended 1992. Elvis stojko shows off his new quad for coronavirus relief fundraiser. Access official results for the figure skating event individual men at the nagano 1998 winter games olympics, plus view video highlights of top performances. Elvis stojko can 2002 salt lake city, figure skating. Elvis stojko bio, stats, and results olympics at sports. Elvis stojko, canadian figure skater whose outstanding jumping ability helped him win three world titles 1994, 1995, and 1997 and two olympic silver medals 1994 and 1998.
Stojko returns to canada healed and ready to help skate. The international skating union isu, skate canada and art on ice are pleased to announce that elvis stojko and anouk meunier will be hosting the inaugural isu skating awards. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display skip to content. Hi everyone, you may know me from hockey at the olympics in this uniform, but you may not know that i also wear.
To adjust to this new schedule, the lillehammer games were held in 1994, the only time that two winter games have been staged two years apart. He is a threetime world champion 1994, 1995, 1997, twotime olympic silver medalist 1994, 1998, and seventime. He later said he had studied vhs tapes of kurt browning, brian boitano, alexander fadeyev, and jozef sabovcik to help him master the quad. Hes come home to canada a happy man, married to gladys orozco for five years, and a career that now takes him in multiple directions. He is known for his work on death to smoochy 2002, enhanced 2019 and hetzhund. The 1970s were a pivot of change, it was an era of economic struggle, cultural change, and technological innovation. Salary, married, wedding, spouse, family elvis stojko, msc, msm born march 22, 1972 is a canadian figure skater. Mexico is in his rearview mirror and so are the tangerine and papaya trees of ajijic, where he lived for 12 years. From 1994 to 1998 and 2002, elvis starred in his own tour across canada the elvis tour of champions. Elvis stojko 2002 canadian nationals gala finale video.
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