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Whatever Happened To USA Figure Skating Star Brian Boitano?
American figure skater Brian Boitano is a three-time Olympian and an Olympic gold medalist. In a skating career spanning more than two decades, he got off to a blazing start in after winning the bronze medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in France. In , at the U.S. national championships, Boitano became the first American to land a triple axel in competition. With a reputation as an excellent technical skater and exceptional jumper, he developed his signature jump, the "Tano Triple," which his competitors were unable to replicate at the time, according to TeamUSA.
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Boitano was on his way, and he went on to skate at the Olympic Games in Sarajevo, where he placed fifth overall, the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. where he won the gold medal in men's figure skating, and at the Olympics in Lillehammer in , where he came in sixth (via Olympics). In , he won the first of four consecutive U.S. Men's titles, and his list of skating achievements and awards go on and on. Boitano also skated in, directed and produced ice skating shows for television. In the mids he was inducted into both the Wor
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Brian Boitano Biography
Brian Boitano has always set high goals for himself. First, he decided to become a figure skater and practiced on roller skates until his parents agreed to ice skating lessons. Then he decided to win the biggest championship in the sport, the Olympic gold medal, and accomplished that feat at the Winter Olympics. When he turned professional, he decided he wanted to be the best and he was, winning five professional titles. Finally, he decided he wanted one more chance to skate in the Olympics. In he achieved this last goal when he took to the ice in Lillehammer, Norway.
Brian Boitano was born October 22, , in Mountainview, California. The youngest of four children (he has a brother and two sisters), Boitano was raised in the San Francisco suburb of Sunnyvale. His dad, Lew, was a banker who had played minor league baseball, a sport Boitano also played when
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