He said that he became obsessed with the country's buildings, its tsars and fur coats as a child; he eventually learned the Russian language andmarrieda man of Russian descent after his sixth-place finish at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Does Johnny Weir Speak Russian? )[130][131] They came up with the idea for the routine, which was choreographed by Petukhov, on the plane trip back from the Worlds championships. [48] He also won the free skate, even though he did not include a quadruple jump. Lysacek came in second place, and two-time world champion, Stphane Lambiel from Switzerland, came in third. [153] He did not include a triple-triple combination, and his quadruple jump was downgraded to a double. He is a US Olympian. Commentator and former Olympic gold medalist Dick Button agreed, stating that the newer program "was not good enough for him". [97] It was the first time Weir's father John Weir, who had difficulty traveling after a disabling car accident in 1984, attended one of his son's competitions since Weir was a novice. What is Johnny Weir doing at the Olympics? coming in third place. On 30 December 2011, he got married to Victor Voronov. He was instructed by Yuri Sergeev, a dancer for the St. Petersburg Ballet, taught himself the Russian language, conversing with Zmievskaya in Russian, and compared himself to Russian skater Evgeni Plushenko. [114], Weir started off the season by helping the U.S. men's team come in first place at the Campbell's Skating Challenge. [230][231] They also commentated for the 2018 Winter Olympics, as well as for the 2022 Winter Olympics. He also competed at Cup of Russia a few weeks later in November, even though it was unlikely that he would make it to the Grand Prix final. Television commentators would bring up his sexual orientation during his performances, causing him to publicly address homophobic remarks by commentators during the 2010 Olympics. His footwork was difficult, but as the AP also said, he "appeared to just be going through the motions with it". U.S. At first, they received a great deal of resistance from U.S. After completing his free skate, Weir kissed his hand and pounded the ice with it as the audience gave him a standing ovation; he stated, "I was very thankful at that point, and I was thanking the ice in Atlanta for letting me do my best". Weir announced the news with a tweet : "I'm married! [184][185], Weir placed third overall at the 2010 U.S. Nationals, with 232.09 points. A Quebec gay rights group considered filing a complaint; the commentators later apologized on-air. Sections. He is a Georgetown Law graduate of Russian Jewish descent. [228][229] They hosted the closing ceremonies in Pyeongchang, as well as for the 2020 Summer Olympics and for the 2022 Winter Olympics. [30][31], Weir was ranked 18th-best in the world in 2001. [134] In between seasons, he amicably parted from his longtime coach Priscilla Hill, and replaced her with Galina Zmievskaya, who had coached 1992 Olympic champion Viktor Petrenko and Weir's idol Oksana Baiul. But I'm also not afraid of being arrested. [17] Weir was an honor roll student at Newark High School, where he graduated in 2002, and studied linguistics at the University of Delaware before dropping out. Despite falling on the simplest jump in his short program, a triple flip, Weir was placed first going into the free skate. Zmievskaya had a more Russian approach and focused on "drill sergeant-like demands for discipline and rigor".[226]. [105] Weir toured again with Champions on Ice in-between seasons, his longest tour with them to date; he chose Frank Sinatra's "My Way", "for its obvious symbolism", as his performance number. Russia has had a hold on Johnny Weir since he was a boy. [76] He was told by judges at the beginning of the season, after debuting his short program, which was designed for the new scoring system, that it was not difficult enough, so he had to rework it. [224] He was teamed up with sports commentator Terry Gannon and fellow figure skater, Olympic gold medalist, and good friend Tara Lipinski; their instant comedic chemistry and harmony was a success and they have worked together ever since. The reason for her divorce was due to domestic difficulties. National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall Of Fame Inductee, 2013, Weir did not compete in the 201011 and 201112 season, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 10:18. Weir strongly opposes calls to boycott the Games over the anti-gay laws, which he said would only hurt athletes who have trained their whole lives to compete; "Would the Olympics be in Saudi Arabia, in Palestine, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Mars, I would go," he said. He was teamed with sports commentator Terry Gannon and fellow figure skater Tara Lipinski; also in 2014, they became NBC's primary figure skating analysts, commentating for skating in two Olympics. [135][136][145] NBC reported that Weir was "more about business in both his short and long programs", skating with "usual elegance, but not his fire". We are competing against each other and showing who is the better skater.". The 15-year-old Russian figure skater, who on Monday was ruled eligible for the 2022 Olympics women's singles competition after a positive drug test surfaced last week, finished first in the . Weir successfully completed his jumps, but did not attempt a quadruple jump and according to the Associated Press, "generally seemed a bit slow". Weir's anger is completely understandable. Like the previous year, he competed in regional and minor competitions and came in fourth place at the U.S. Johnny Weir Condemns the Olympics Decision to Let Kamila Valieva Continue skate Weir has links with Russian coaches, and he's also fluent in Russian. Mutko later added, however, that the rights of athletes "will be protected" when it comes to their private life. Plushenko earned a personal-best score of 90.66, the highest short program score up to that point. He did not include a quadruple jump but completed a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination and had higher-scoring spins than Lysacek. John Garvin Weir [1] ( / wr /; born July 2, 1984) [2] is an American figure skater and television commentator. [98] According to Variety, Weir's habit of wearing "retro Soviet CCCP sweatshirts" instead of USA clothing during the Olympics angered many U.S. Learn about Johnny weir's age, height, weight, dating, wife, girlfriend & kids. Gay Olympic hopefulBlake Skjellerupplans to defy anti-gay Russian laws. [24], During the 19971998 season, Weir won regional and other minor competitions as a novice in single skating and came in third place in the novice division at the U.S. National Championships. Explore Johnny weir's Bio-Wiki, net worth & salary in 2023. [73][74] He began the season, which reporter John Blanchette called a "minor calamity",[75] with "a series of disappointing finishes". He admitted that his Grand Prix season was "disastrous"[121] and that he had not been skating well going into the 2007 U.S. Nationals in Spokane, Washington. Nationals. [149] Despite protests from Weir's fans and the media, including charges of homophobia, the results stood. [3][19], By the time he was 12, Weir was performing single Axels, which he learned after a week of lessons; by the time he turned 13, he learned all the single and double jumps, as well as his first triple jump, the salchow. [34] Weir was in second place after the short program, with a clean skate with all eight required elements. [46] His scores ranged from 5.8 to 6.0, which included seven 5.9s for technical merit and a 6.0 for presentation, the first perfect score earned by a man at U.S. Nationals since Weiss earned one in 2000; all but two judges placed Weir in first place. Figure Skating . Weir popped both his Lutz and loop jumps, but successfully performed his triple Axel-triple toe loop combination and four other triple jumps. Tarasova had been pushing to create a short program for Weir with Saint-Sans' music since the two began working together, believing that his "naturally quiet and delicate way on the ice mirrored the mellow cello piece". The Russian figure skater came into these Games being lauded as one of the greatest of all time. He earned marks ranging from 5.4 to 5.7 in his technical scores, and 5.6 to 5.8 in his artistic scores, doubling one jump and stepping out of a triple Axel. The audience and commentators praised their performance, and the following week, a YouTube clip of their performance got over 100,000 views. Johnny Weir. [95] Weir's coach and mother admitted that Weir felt nervous about competing at the Olympics, and was uneasy about competing against Plushenko,[96] but he was called "the breakthrough personality of the Games". February 15, 2022, 11:35 AM NBC figure skating commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, both former Olympians in the sport, did not shy away from the controversy surrounding Kamila Valieva. [53] Weir, however, came back from seventh place after the short program[53] by completing eight "elegant triples"[53] in his long program, like he had done at U.S. Nationals. He went back to working with his previous coach, Galina Zmievskaya, and retained the same off-ice trainers, designers, and costume seamstresses as before. [19][25][42][45], Weir came into the 2004 U.S. Nationals in Atlanta with "something to prove". [147] In the free skate, even though Weir had not skated a full program in practice for almost two weeks due to his back pain,[148] Weir and Lysacek were evenly matched in their jumps. Weir was the only American male in medal contention after his short program in Turin,[97][100] skating "well but not brilliantly". [61] He also won Trophee Bompard[25] with a score of 208.10 points, despite coming in second in the free skate, behind French skater and European champion Brian Joubert, who came in second place overall. Weir made the decision to quit equestrian, since he could not do both and his family could not afford both sports, and they moved again, to Delaware, so Weir could train with Hill. Weir's outspokenness caused conflict between him and U.S. [48] He was also the youngest male skater, at the age of 19, to win the U.S. Nationals since Todd Eldredge won in 1991, also at the age of 19. [116][117], Weir was in second place after the short program at Cup of Russia, less than two points behind Joubert. Published on February 17, 2022 09:17 AM Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir kept their typically entertaining and insightful commentary light during Russian skater Kamila Valieva's free skate. Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski weren't about to stick to skating as Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee returned to the ice, cleared to compete by the Court of Arbitration for Sport . He told reporters that he felt homesick and nervous moving to a large city and living on his own for the first time in his life, resorting to sleeping with a kitchen knife next to his bed. He also received 5.8s and 5.9s in his technical score. Johnny Weir has always been deeply involved in the culture and history of . He had a natural talent for jumping. Weir trains at the Ice Palace in Hackensack, N.J., where he is a figure of awe for aspiring Olympic skaters; 14-year-old Selin Kang said she was upset that one of her role models could face discrimination for being himself. . He was born to John and Patti Weir's house. He was in fourth place after the short program, earning 69.03 points. [232] Weir's commentating style was met with fixed responses from figure skating fans and skaters. [44] He had to compete in the Eastern Sectionals again, coming in first place despite a fall and securing a spot in the U.S. Johnny Weir with his ex-partner Victor . [126] He was in fourth place after the short program; he admitted that he was hampered by his nerves, had trouble adjusting to competing in Tokyo, "forgot to breathe a little bit", and said, "My costume is even tired". [173] Its promotional commercial aired during the U.S. Nationals; Weir later expressed his opinion that U.S. His triple Axel was successful, but it was supposed to be part of a two-triple jump combination. [78] He debuted the program, choreographed by Tarasova, Shanetta Folle, and Evgeni Platov, during a practice session at Skate Canada. NBC has correctly used LeDuc's pronouns on social media. [2][6][7] He is of Norwegian heritage, and has one brother, Brian "Boz" Weir, who is four years younger. Johnny Weir's instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/johnnygweir/ [204][215] In his short program, he stumbled on his opening quadruple toe jump, which was downgraded, but successfully completed his triple Axel and triple lutz-double toe combination, and earned level-four scores for his flying camel spin. Johnny Weir has an estimated net worth of $4 million as of 2020. [221] The Associated Press conjectured that it likely marked the end of Weir's amateur figure skating career. I am with you," he said into our camera, "I wish you strength now and hope that tomorrow will be better than today. Goebel finished in second place and Lysacek came in third place. [243] Prior to the purchase, he cited privacy, seclusion, and his need for rest from his busy life, as factors guiding his decision to settle in a more rural area.[244]. Weir and Lipinski both used them . His technical score, 79.67 points, was over six points higher than the bronze medalist, Daisuke Takahashi from Japan, but his program component score, 77.10 points, was 7.4 points lower than Takahashi's. 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[167][168][165] It was Weir's lowest result in the short program as a senior skater at a Nationals in his career. [22] Rudden and Weir won the South Atlantic Regionals and qualified for the Junior Olympics in juvenile pairs that first year, and in intermediate pairs the following season. The 32-year-old is a three-time U.S. national champion, two-time Olympian and bronze medalist at the World Figure. [150], Lysacek won his second straight gold at Nationals. He is a two-time Olympian ( 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics ), the 2008 World bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2001 World Junior Champion, and a three-time U.S. National champion (2004 . He stepped out of a triple Axel, did too many combination jumps and thus received no points for one jumping pass, and did not complete the third jump of his three-jump combination. [72] He finished in fourth place, behind "surprise bronze medalist"[72] and teammate Evan Lysacek. [51] He came in fifth place; teammate Michael Weiss came in sixth. [210] In January 2012, Weir married his partner Victor Voronov, a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and whose family was from Russia, in a civil ceremony in New York City, five months after the state legalized same-sex marriages. "Because that's what I'm trained to do and that's what I've devoted my life to.". Figure Skating Championships: Results", "World Figure Skating Championships Men Results", "2001 MasterCard Skate Canada International: Men Result", "2002 Four Continents Championships Men Result", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Weir&oldid=1141885331. [71] The first half of his program was strong, with five triples in a row, but his foot pain caused him to change his circular step sequence, which resulted in a slip during the sequence and a fall during his opening triple Axel. [217], Weir's two Grand Prix slots were the Rostelecom Cup and Trophe Bompard in Paris. ""I love Russia for what Russia is. You can't fault Johnny Weir for looking shocked on live national television Monday night. During his interview with CBSNews.com, Weir asked if he could deliver a message in Russian directly to the Russian people; "Hello Russia. [146] Weir won the short program, with 83.40 points, 1.35 points separating he and Lysacek. Weir opened his short program with a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, followed by a triple Axel and a triple flip, earning marks ranging from 5.0 to 5.7. He called his performance koshmar (the Russian word for "nightmare"). August 9, 2013 / 3:30 PM [8][9][10] Weir was raised in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, a rural town in Amish-dominated central Pennsylvania. JW: . [127] He came in 10th place in the free skate, earning 132.71 points, and earned 206.97 points overall. It was stunning to watch. Concerning religion, Weir was brought up Roman Catholic, but in February 2012, he stated that he was . Part of the reason for his return was his popularity in Russia. He considered pulling out of the competition, but Tarsova gave him the motivation to continue despite the severe pain he was experiencing. [165] Despite his loss, Weir was chosen as favorite skater of the year by the readers of U.S. [198], Although Weir was eligible to compete at the 2010 Worlds Championships, he withdrew due to a lack of training. Although Weir was born in the US, he became interested in Russia as a result of his passion for figure skating. [118] Weir competed at the Grand Prix Final, but had to withdraw after the short program due to an injury to his right hip from a fall. In January 2012, he announced his return, in the hopes of competing at the Sochi Olympics; he insisted that it was not a publicity stunt, and expressed his intent to retire after the Olympics. [175], Despite a cold he caught on the flight to Nagano, Weir came in second place in Japan. [41] Working with Tarasova gave Weir the confidence he needed to recover from the previous season. Abbott's overall score was a personal best237.72 points, four points more than both Weir and Lysacek's personal best scores. Violence against gay Russians has been a longstanding issue, with at leasttwo murders seemingly motivated by anti-gay sentiment taking place this year. 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The two-time Olympic figure skater and current NBC analyst loves everything about the country: its language, its people, its history,. He came in third place in the free skate after Lysacek and Savoie with 142.06 points and a total of 225.34 points. [46] He came in first place, the first to do so by qualifying at sectionals since Rudy Galindo in 1996. Hill trained Weir in pair skating to strengthen his skating and to focus on skills other than jumps. The Olympic charter bars political gestures during the Games, which means that an athlete could theoretically be sanctioned for speaking out against the anti-gay laws, though it seems unlikely that the International Olympic Committee would take such a step. Don't misunderstand this wasn't Vin . Weir considered his style of figure skating artistic and classical and was known for his lyricism. Figure Skating. [174], After the previous season, Weir became depressed and was ready to quit figure skating before the 20092010 season, but his mother talked him into continuing to compete and try to make the U.S. team for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. [17] Weir went into Nationals hoping to become the first American male since Boitano to win his fourth U.S. championships in a row. [17], In 1992, after Weir and his family watched Kristi Yamaguchi win a gold medal at the Albertville Winter Olympics, his parents bought him a pair of used figure skates, which he used to teach himself to skate on a patch of ice in the cornfields near their home in Quarryville. [187] Weir accomplished three clean triple jumps, but he popped his planned second triple Axel and struggled completing the final jump of his triple-triple combination jump. 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[192][194] He also held a press conference to respond to "offensive" remarks made by two Canadian sports commentators about him. [86] Weir, "on the comeback trail",[87] won third place overall at Cup of Russia. Figure Skating but were allowed to debut the routine at the Marshalls Showcase, a made-for-TV exhibition. Weir continued to train with Hill and with Tarasova in Simsbury for the 20042005 season. [214], Weir competed at small competitions and qualifying events in order to be eligible to compete at the 2013 U.S. Nationals. And if I'm illegal, you should be illegal as well.". He and Weir tied for first place, both with a combined score of 244.77 points, but Lysacek was named the U.S. champion because following ISU regulations, he won the free skate (162.72 points to Weir's 161.37 points). Weir's scores in his free skating program were the best among the male skaters since 1988, when Brian Boitano earned eight 6.0s for presentation. Figure Skating assigned to Weir that season was "the second tier" Finlandia Trophy. [154] The Chicago Tribune said his free skate "wasn't memorable", and called it "conservative but relatively error-free". How does that happen? The former Olympic figure skaters Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir condemned the decision to allow the Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the Beijing Olympics after she tested positive for a banned drug. He came out in early 2011[5] and has been involved with LGBTQ activism. [66][65][67], The 2005 U.S. Nationals was the last time the 6.0 system was used at a U.S. "I strongly disagree with this decision," Lipinski told NBC's Mike Tirico. Johnny Weir is fluent in Russian. [101] His final elements were a sit spin, a straight-line step sequence, and a combination spin. He came in fifth place in the free skate, but his short program, which was the third-best with 83.51 points, kept him in medal position. Youngest U.S. National Champion since 1991 (2004). "I can speak Russian," he says, "I can speak French. [63] Weir later said that his win in Paris "signaled my ascendancy on the international stage". Please keep u/HomoCoffiens in your thoughts. Figure Skating Championships. [211][212] In 2013, Weir began writing a weekly column in the Falls-Church News Press, a newspaper published in the Washington, D.C. [17][83], In October, Weir finished in fourth place at the 2005 Campbell's Classic; he popped both of his triple Axels and earned 114.65 points. He now fears that he may never be allowed back in the country to see friends and relatives, and to compete at the Sochi games in six months if he makes the U.S. team. Weir was born on July 2, 1984, in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, the eldest son of John Weir, a nuclear power plant engineer, and Patti Weir (ne Moore), a nuclear power plant worker and home inspector. Feb 17, 2010. 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