Biography

MEN

Date of birth:

02.07.1984

Johnny WEIR
USA

Place of birth:

Coatesville, Pennsylvania

Height:

172 cm

Home town:

Lyndhurst, NJ

Profession:

athlete

Hobbies:

fashion, music, travel, costume design

Start sk. / Club:

1996 / Skating Club of New York

Coach:

Galina Zmievskaya, Viktor Petrenko

Choreographer:

Denis Petukhov, Faye Kitarieva, Nina Petrenko

Former Coach:

Priscilla Hill, Tatiana Tarasova

Practice low season:

20 h / week at Wayne, Wilmington, Anaheim

Practice high season:

20 h / week at Wayne and Moscow/RUS

Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2007/2008

Yunona and Avos by Alexei Rybnikov arranged by Svetlana Pikous

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2007/2008

Love is War by Yoav Goren

Personal Best Total Score	231.78	11.11.2007	Cup of China 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program	80.79	21.03.2008	World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating	151.98	10.11.2007	Cup of China 2007

00/01

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

6.S

5.S

1.S

3.S

2.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
Japan Int. Challenge 2005 Tokyo	2005	4.
MasterCard Skate Canada Int. 2005 St John's, NF	2005	7.
Cup of Russia 2005 St. Petersburg	2005	3.
HomeSense Skate Canada Intern. 2006 Victoria, BC	2006	3.

International Competition	Year	Place
Cup of Russia - Bosco Sport 2006 Moscow	2006	2.
Cup of China 2007 Beijing	2007	1.
Cup of Russia 2007 Moscow	2007	1.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2008 Torino	2008	4.

Weir started skating at age 12 after watching it on television and felt inspired by the performance of 1994 Olympic Champion Oksana Baiul. He landed his first triple jump within a year and made it to the Junior Olympics in both freestyle and pairs (with Jodi Rudden) on the juvenile level in his first year of skating. Weir won the 2001 Junior World Championships, the first time he participated in the event. Weir practised equestrian sports but gave it up in order to focus on skating. He has a brother (four years his junior) who plays soccer in his school team. Weir admires singer Christina Aguilera and Russian figure skater Irina Slutskaya. Weir switched coaches following the 2006/2007 season. Coach Viktor Petrenko is the 1992 Olympic Champion.

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