Evan Lysacek
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| Lysacek competes his free program at the 2004 Four Continents Championships in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. | ||
| Personal Info | ||
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| Country: |  United States |
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| Residence: | Los Angeles, California | |
| Height: | 177 cm (6'1") | |
| Coach: | Frank Carroll, Ken Congemi | |
| Choreographer: | Lori Nichol, Kurt Browning, Galina Barinova, Oleg Epstein | |
| Skating Club: | DuPage FSC | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 226.27 | 2007 4CC |
| Short Program: | 73.49 | 2007 Worlds |
| Free Skate: | 159.23 | 2007 4CC |
| Most Recent Results: | |||
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| Event | Points | Finish | Year |
| World Championships | 222.18 | 5th | 2007 |
| Four Continents | 226.27 | 1st | 2007 |
| National Championships | 248.88 | 1st | 2007 |
| Cup of China | 220.04 | 1st | 2006 |
Evan Frank Lysacek (born June 4, 1985) is an American figure skater. He is the 2007 US National Champion and a two-time World bronze medalist (2005–2006). Lysacek trains in El Segundo, California with coaches Frank Carroll and Ken Congemi at the Toyota Sports Center. He is currently ranked sixth in the world.[1] He was the United States Olympic Committee's Male Athlete of the Month for November 2006.[2]
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[edit] Personal life
Lysacek was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Naperville, Illinois. His mother, Tanya, is a substitute teacher in Naperville and his father, Don, is a building contractor. He has an older sister, Laura, and a younger sister, Christina, who plays on a nationally ranked volleyball team[3]. His cousin Cole Chason is a punter for the Clemson Tigers.[4] Lysacek graduated from Neuqua Valley High School in 2003. In high school, Lysacek was a member of the honor roll, and earned a number of academic achievement awards, including the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence in 1999. [3]
Lysacek is Greek Orthodox and has stated that one of his most prized possessions is his Greek Orthodox cross.[5] He wears Graf figure skating boots.[6]
He is currently dating ice dancer Tanith Belbin.[7][8]
[edit] Career
Evan Lysacek began skating at the age of eight. His grandmother had always wanted to be in the Ice Capades, so she bought him skates for Christmas. He originally wanted to play hockey so his mother enrolled him and his sister Laura in figure skating lessons so he would learn how to skate. Lysacek became hooked and was soon competing as a figure skater.
[edit] Early career
In 1996, he won the U.S. national title at the Juvenile level. After failing to qualify for Nationals on the novice level in 1998[9], Lysacek won the U.S. Novice title in 1999[10] at the age of thirteen and then immediately followed it with the U.S. Junior title in 2000[11] at the age of fourteen. He was the first male skater since Terry Kubicka to win back-to-back Novice and Junior Men's titles in the United States.[12][13] The win on the junior level was unusual in that Lysacek moved from third to first while sitting backstage, because he won through an oddity in the scoring system.[14]
Lysacek had a strong showing in the 2000–2001 season. He showed promise on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, winning two silver medals and qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final. He placed 12th in his senior debut at Nationals, at the age of fifteen. Lysacek was named second alternate to the US team to the 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and was placed on the team after Ryan Bradley[15][13] dropped out due to injury. Lysacek performed two clean programs and came in second behind fellow American Johnny Weir. This was the first time since 1987 that the US had captured gold and silver on the World Junior podium.[16]
The next season was a disappointing one. Lysacek dealt with several injuries, including broken ribs, which resulted in lost training time. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the USFSA cancelled the Junior Grand Prix event to be held in Arizona[17] and did not allow their junior skaters to compete on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.[18] Lysacek lost motivation, repeated his 12th place finish at the U.S. Championships and was not selected for the World Junior team.[13]
After that, Lysacek changed his diet and his training habits and made goals for himself.[13] In the 2002-2003 season, he once agaon won medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, qualified again for the Junior Grand Prix Final, placed in the top ten at the U.S. Championships and competed at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, his first senior international competition. He then went on to win his second silver medal at the World Junior Championships.
After graduating from high school in 2003, Lysacek made a coaching change and began to work with Ken Congemi and Frank Carroll in El Segundo, California. With Congemi and Carroll, Lysacek won both of his Junior Grand Prix assignments as well as the Junior Grand Prix Final.[19] He placed fifth at nationals and was put on the US Four Continents team, where he won the bronze as his first senior-level international medal. Lysacek then went on to the World Junior Championships, where he won a third silver medal.
[edit] Senior success
In the 2004–2005 season, having aged out of juniors, Lysacek made his senior international debut. Skating through a hip injury[20], Lysacek placed fifth at the 2004 Skate America, his first Grand Prix event of his career. He repeated that placement a few weeks later at Cup of Russia. At the 2005 Nationals, Lysacek won the bronze medal after receiving the first and only 6.0 of his career for his short program.[21] He went on to win his first senior international title at the 2005 Four Continents Championships. In Moscow, he won a surprising bronze medal at his first senior World Figure Skating Championships, a competition for which his only goal was to make it out of the qualifying round and into the free skate.[22][23]
In the 2005–2006 season, Lysacek had a rough start. He placed second at Skate America, but it was clear that his Grease free skate was not working. Lysacek and coach Frank Carroll made the decision to find a new long program.[24] Lyscek's new Carmen program was a success at the NHK Trophy, where Lysacek placed second. Lysacek was the only American man to qualify for the Grand Prix Final that season. However, he was forced to withdraw from the final because of bursitis and tendonitis in his right hip.[25] At the 2006 U.S. Championships, Lysacek was third after the short program, but pulled up to win the free skate, finishing second overall and winning the silver medal. He was named to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, along with countrymen Johnny Weir and Matthew Savoie.[26]
At the Olympics, following a disappointing 10th place finish in the short program, he was hit with the stomach flu. Unable to practice, he stayed in bed at the Olympic village, receiving fluids from IVs. After considering withdrawing, he decided to skate the next day and went on to skate a career best free skate.[27] He finished his free skate with eight triple jumps and was ranked third of the night. He finished fourth overall, seven points below the bronze. He commentated on his long program on Olympic Ice the next day with Scott Hamilton and Mary Carillo.[9]
Lysacek ended his season by finishing third at the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships in Calgary, Alberta. Once again troubled by illness, he captured the bronze medal despite being on three different antibiotics to fight a bacterial infection, which at one point, caused him to cough up blood.[28] Lysacek completed his first quadruple jump in competition, a quadruple toe loop.[28] He pulled himself up from seventh place in the short on the strength of his long program. After Worlds, Lysacek toured with Champions on Ice.
In the 2006–2007 season, Lysacek placed second at Skate America. Two weeks later, Lysacek won the gold medal at Cup of China by a 20-point margin.[29] He qualified for the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final for the second year in a row. However, he withdrew from the competition before he was to skate his short program due to an injury to his hip.[30]
Lysacek resumed training a few weeks later.[9] At the 2007 National Championships, he performed his first clean short program all season, then went on to land his first clean quadruple jump in competition, quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop jump, in the long program, to win his first national title.[31] A week later, Lysacek competed in the ISU Four Continents Championship. He was fourth after the short, but made yet another comeback in the free skate, landing a clean quad combination, to earn a new personal best and to win his second Four Continents title.
At the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships, Lysacek made his first attempt at landing a quadruple jump in the short program. He attempted a quad-triple, but stepped out of the quad and put his hand down, and followed it with a double.[32][33] He placed fifth in the short program and earned himself his first new short program personal best in two years.[9] In the long program, he completed a quadruple toe-loop, but lost control of the landing, adding a three turn after it, and was unable to complete the quad-triple as intended.[34] He performed a double loop instead of a planned triple loop[9] and placed fifth once again in the long program, placing fifth over all.
[edit] Coaching changes
Lysacek was originally coached by Candice Brown.[35]. After that, he worked with Deborah Stoery in Naperville, Illinois and Addison, Illinois for three years. For the next two years, he had an arrangement where he would train under both Addison-based Maria Jezak-Athey and Moscow-based Viktor Kudriavtsev. Kudriavtsev would come to Chicago for part of the year to coach, and Lysacek spent his summers at Kudriavtsev's summer training camps in Moscow and Switzerland. When that arrangement proved untenable, Kudriatsev recommended Lysacek to Carroll, who agreed to coach Lysacek on the condition that Lysacek would work more with Congemi than with himself, due to Carroll's commitments to Timothy Goebel.[22][13] Lysacek moved to El Segundo, California to work with Frank Carroll and Ken Congemi in June 2003. Lysacek currently works with both Congemi and Carroll. His current choreographers are Lori Nichol, who choreographed his Carmen long program, and Kurt Browning, who did his Passion short program.
[edit] Off the ice
Lysacek studies acting on his own[8] and has also taken method acting classes at the Professional Arts School in Beverly Hills[9] He appeared in the independent film Skate Great!, playing a Russian Olympic gold medalist.[36]
He has used his fame to support in a number of charities. He participated in Target - A Time for Heroes, a celebrity charity event benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.[37] He also supports the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Jimmy Fund).[3]
[edit] Programs
| Season | Short Program | Long Program | Exhibition |
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| 2006–07 | Passion from The Last Temptation of Christ by Peter Gabriel choreographed by Kurt Browning |
Carmen Suite and Carmen by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin choreographed by Lori Nichol |
One by U2 performed at Skate America |
| Forever Young by Youth Group performed at Cup of China |
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| Ave Maria by Andrea Bocelli performed at the Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating International Showcase, a made-for-tv event, at the 2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships |
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| You Really Got Me by Van Halen performed at the 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships |
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| 2005–06 | Vamos a Bailar by Gipsy Kings performed at Skate America and the NHK Trophy |
Grease arranged by Paul Rudolph performed at the Campbell's Classic and Skate America |
Sway by Michael Bublé performed interchangeably with Time to Say Goodbye throughout the season |
| Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli performed interchangeably with Sway throughout the season |
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| España Cañí by Pascual Marquina newly rechoreographed by Lori Nichol performed starting with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. |
Carmen Suite and Carmen by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin choreographed by Lori Nichol performed starting with the NHK Trophy due to criticism with his Grease long program |
How to Pick Music Run It, Get Rhythm, and Hound Dog by Chris Brown, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley first performed at the Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating International Showcase, and after that on the Champions on Ice tour, but never performed during the champions gala after a competition |
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| 2004–05 | España Cañí by Pascual Marquina |
Singin' in the Rain by the MGM Studio Orchestra |
Sway by Michael Bublé |
| 2003–04 | España Cañí by Pascual Marquina |
Second Piano Concerto by Sergei Rachmaninov |
Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli |
| 2002–03 | España Cañí by Pascual Marquina |
Drop Zone | Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli |
| Desert Rose by Sting |
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| 2001–02 | |||
| 2000–01 | Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi |
Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez |
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| 1999–2000 | Romeo and Juliet |
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 4th | ||||||||
| World Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | ||||||
| World Junior Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||
| Four Continents Championships | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | |||||
| U.S. Championships | 1st N. | 1st J. | 12th | 12th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st |
| Grand Prix Final | WD | ||||||||
| Cup of China | 1st | ||||||||
| Skate America | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||
| NHK Trophy | 2nd | ||||||||
| Cup of Russia | 5th | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 8th | 5th | 1st | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Croatia | 1st | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 1st | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Canada | 7th | 2nd | |||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, France | 2nd | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Norway | 2nd | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 2nd | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Sweden | 1st | ||||||||
| Gardena Spring Trophy | 2nd J. | ||||||||
| Triglav Trophy | 1st J. | ||||||||
| Event | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 |
- N = Novice level; J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
[edit] References
- ^ ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dancing. ISUFS.org. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
- ^ Neuendorf, Kevin (December 12, 2006). U.S. Olympic Committee Honors Figure Skater Evan Lysacek, Skeleton Athlete Katie Uhlaender and Women's Synchro Diving Team for November Accomplishments. usolympicteam.com. United States Olympic Committes. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
- ^ a b c Athletes: U.S. Figure Skatig Bio for Evan Lysacek. USFSA.org. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
- ^ Player Bio: Cole Chason. CSTV.com. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
- ^ Athletes: Evan Lysacek. NBCOlympics.com. NBC Universal. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
- ^ Evan Lysacek's mailbag. NBCOlympics.com. NBC Universal. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20010788,00.html
- ^ a b LaTour, Paul. "Rapping with Evan", Naperville Sun, 2007-03-18. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f Evan Lysacek. figureskatingonline.com. Figure Skaters Online. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ 1999 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships. US Figure Skating.org. U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved on March 11, 2007.
- ^ 2000 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships. US Figure Skating.org. U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved on March 11, 2007.
- ^ Shiple, Amy. "For Lysacek, No Pain Means No Gain: Fracture in Pelvis Will Not Stop Promising Skater", Washington Post, 2004-10-21. Retrieved on March 6, 2006. (in English)
- ^ a b c d e Mittan, Barry (April 25, 2004). Three Pieces of Silver for Evan Lysacek. Golden Skate. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Shontz, Lori. "Notebook: Young skater mum about off-season work", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2000-02-13. Retrieved on March 6, 2007. (in English)
- ^ "PLUS: FIGURE SKATING; U.S. Men Finish First and Second", New York Times, 2001-03-02. Retrieved on March 16, 2007.
- ^ "U.S. figure skater wins men's event", The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 5, 2001. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2nd event in Phoenix (USA) Cancelled. International Skating Union.org. International Skating Union. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2001, Ostrava (CZE). International Skating Union.org. International Skating Union. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Walsh, Brenna (November 12, 2003). Lysacek Wins Double JGP Gold, Heads to JGP Final. US Figure Skating.org. U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Partain, Amy (October 22, 2004). Lysacek Pushing Through The Pain of a Hip Injury. US Figure Skating.org. U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ DeWall, Lindsay (January 14, 2005). FIGURE SKATING: A Turmoil of Emotions, An "Unbeatable" Short Program for Goebel at the 2005 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships. usolympicteam.com. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ a b Hersh, Philip. "Gaining elevation: An Olympic medal is not out of the question for former Naperville resident Evan Lysacek" (fee required), Chicago Tribune, 2006-01-08. Retrieved on September 10, 2006. (in English)
- ^ DeWall, Lindsay (March 17, 2005). Evan Lysacek wins bronze at Worlds. usolympicteam.com. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Shontz, Lori (January 9, 2006). An oldie but goodie. A late switch to "Carmen" has Evan Lysacek feeling comfortable about his long program again.. usolympicteam.com. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Lysacek Withdraws from Grand Prix Final and Marshalls Challenge Due to Injury. US Figure Skating.org. U.S. Figure Skating (December 8, 2005). Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ International Competition Selections, Including 2006 Olympic Team. US Figure Skating.org. U.S. Figure Skating (January 14, 2006). Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Carnes, Jim. "A fine line for top-notch skaters", Sacramento Bee, 2006-08-04. Retrieved on November 9, 2006.
- ^ a b Fawcett, Laura (March 20, 2006). Men's Qualifying Opens 2006 World Championships. US Figure Skating.org. U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Cup of China 2006: Men. ISUFS.org. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Zanca, Sal (December 15, 2006). Evan Lysacek Injured at Grand Prix Final. US Figure Skating.org. U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Wojdyla, Michelle (January 27, 2007). Lysacek Electrifies Spokane Arena to Win Gold. US Figure Skating.org. U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Hersh, Philip. "Lysacek fifth in short program", Los Angeles Times, 2007-03-21. Retrieved on March 21, 2007.
- ^ Hersh, Philip. "Naperville's Lysacek skates on the edge", Chicago Tribune, 2007-03-21. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ Hersh, Philip. "Joubert skates to men's title", Los Angeles Times, 2007-03-23. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ Evan Lysacek. ISUFS.org. International Skating Union (October 3, 2003). Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ Mihoces, Gary (November 2006). Lysacek cuts impressive figure in film. USA Today. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
- ^ "Lysacek To Appear at "Target — A Time For Heroes" Celebrity Fundraiser", U.S. Figure Skating, 2005-06-08. Retrieved on April 2, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Evan Lysacek at the United States Figure Skating Association
- Evan Lysacek at the International Skating Union biography page
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Evan Lysacek |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Evan Lysachek |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago, Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
