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Evan Frank Lysacek (/ ˈ l aɪ s ə tʃ ɛ k /; born June 4, 1985) is an American retired figure skater.He is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2009 World champion, a two-time (2005, 2007) Four Continents champion, the 2009 Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time (2007, 2008) U.S. national champion.
Pl. Name Nation TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CH IN Ded StN; 1 Evan Lysacek United States 167.37 84.57 82.80 8.20 7.95 8.50 8.35 8.40 0.00 19 2 Evgeni Plushenko Russia 165.51 82.71
Evan Lysacek of the United States, however, did not include quads in either of his programs. Plushenko, who led Lysacek by half a point after the short figure skating program, was beaten out by the American in the final free skate despite performing a quadruple toe loop /triple toe loop. [ 3 ]
Evan Lysacek became the first American to win since Todd Eldredge in 1996. His victory was described as unexpected, since he was not able to attempt a quadruple jump due to injury. [9] [10] The men's podium. From left: Patrick Chan (2nd), Evan Lysacek (1st), Brian Joubert (3rd).
Other notable competitors coming into the event included Canadians Jeffrey Buttle (the reigning world silver medalist) and Emanuel Sandhu, France's Brian Joubert, Japan's Daisuke Takahashi, and the strong American team of Johnny Weir, Evan Lysacek (reigning world bronze medalist), and Matt Savoie.
Season ten of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 22, 2010, on the ABC network.. The Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough won the competition, while Olympic figure skater Evan Lysacek and Anna Trebunskaya finished second, and ESPN host Erin Andrews and Maksim Chmerkovskiy finished third.
For five straight years, either Weir or Lysacek won gold at U.S. Nationals, Weir in 2004, 2005, and 2006, and Lysacek in 2007 and 2008, to the point that Weir called Nationals the "Evan and Johnny show". [33] [34] [35] Inevitably, Weir and Lysacek's skating styles and personalities were often compared. For example, Swift stated that even ...
Evan Lysacek, who had won the World Championship shortly before the World Team Trophy, was quoted in the same article as saying he was excited and looking forward to competing in Japan as part of the American team, referring to the event as "icing on the cake". [6] In 2012, skaters expressed more enthusiasm about competing at the World Team Trophy.