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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.
Multiple Olympic pairs skating champion Irina Rodnina said of Plushenko's free skate: "Evgeni had one big advantage – the quadruple jump – but at the same time, in the performance of our champion, there were enough small errors that weren't noticeable to all. Lysacek, meanwhile, had a winning appearance, a balanced program, all elements ...
Figure skater Evan Lysacek became the first American man to win the Olympic men's figure skating title since Brian Boitano in 1988 at Calgary. Lysacek is also the first non-Russian or Unified Team skater to win the men's title since Boitano. Ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White won only the second silver medal in that discipline for the ...
Life can change quite a bit after winning an Olympic gold medal. Just ask Evan Lysacek, the 2010 Olympic champion and the last U.S. man to win the figure skating gold until Chen's victory this week.
Defending Olympic men's figure skating champion Russian Evgeni Plushenko was obviously bitter about losing the gold in Vancouver to American Evan Lysacek, despite completing a quad jump, which ...
Evan Lysacek is a figure skater who, from 2005 to 2010, won an Olympic gold medal, a World championship, a Four Continents championship, and a U.S. national championship. In 2016, he was inducted ...
Evan Lysacek United States: 257.67 2 90.30 1 167.37 Evgeni Plushenko Russia: 256.36 1 90.85 2 165.51 Daisuke Takahashi Japan: 247.23 3 90.25 5 156.98 4 Stéphane Lambiel Switzerland: 246.72 5 84.63 3 162.09 5 Patrick Chan Canada: 241.42 7 81.12 4 160.30 6 Johnny Weir United States: 238.87 6 82.10 6 156.77 7 Nobunari Oda Japan: 238.54 4 84.85 7 ...
Lysacek honored his coach afterward with the Order of Ikkos medal from the U.S. Olympic Committee, which is designed to be a symbol of excellence in coaching as represented by an athlete's achievement as an Olympic medalist. “He made me believe that I could skate perfectly in the Olympics,” Lysacek said after the 2010 Games.