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Rippon is a two-time World Junior champion (2008-09), the 2010 Four Continents champion, the 2008 U.S. junior champion and the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final champion ... Is the only man to win back-to-back World Junior titles ... Claimed the silver medal at the 2005 U.S. Championships as a novice ... Placed sixth in his first appearance at the World Championships, in 2010.

Rippon began skating at age 10 ... Is the oldest of six children ... Graduated the Abbington Hill School in 2008 ... Formerly coached by Yelena Sergeeva (2000-07) and Nikoli Morozov (2007-09) ... Takes part in an AIDS benefit run - "AIDS has affected the lives of close friends of my coaches and parents" ... Biggest influences in his life are Brian Orser and Michelle Kwan ... If he could have dinner with any one person, it would be Sarah Silverman ... Hobbies include music, cooking, running, hanging out with friends, movies, dancing and singing ... If he weren't a skater, he'd want to be a dancer or musician ... Loves to travel ... Biggest life-defining moments were defending his World Junior title and winning Four Continents after a disappointing short program ... After he's done competing, wants to have inspired people to start skating/continue their loving of skating, and always be involved with skating in some way ... Celebrities he most wants to meet include President Obama, Elene DeGeneres, Sarah Silverman, Lady Gaga, Seth McFarlane and Will Ferrell ... Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/adaripp.

ADAM'S FAVORITES
Favorite sports figure: Michelle Kwan
Favorite sports team: Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs
Favorite cities: Toronto, New York, Vancouver, Paris
Favorite season: Fall
Favorite author: Mitch Albom
Favorite books: The Secret, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Tuesdays with Morrie, Running with Scissors
Favorite magazine: GQ
Favorite gadgets: iPod
Favorite reality show: So You Think You Can Dance
Favorite TV characters: Peter Griffin from "Family Guy," Sarah Silverman from "The Sarah Silverman Program," Joey from "Friends"
Favorite TV shows: Family Guy, Glee, Friends, Seinfeld, Modern Family, The Office
Favorite movies: Superstar, Kill Bill I & II, Enough
Favorite foods: Pasta, pizza, Korean barbecue
Favorite drink: Fresh-squeezed orange juice
Favorite websites: icenetwork.com, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

• 2011 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
  FS Music: "Romeo and Juliet" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  
  Costumes designed by Molly Oberstar and Stephanie Handler
• 2010 Season Notes
  SP Music: Selections from the Jonathan Livingston Seagull soundtrack by Neil Diamond
  FS Music: "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" by Samuel Barber
  
  Costumes designed by Josiane Lamond
  
  Won his first medal in the Grand Prix Series, a bronze at Trophee Eric Bompard ... Captured the title at the Four Continents Championships.
• 2009 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by J.S. Bach
  FS Music: "Send In The Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim and "I Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo
  
  Won the World Junior championship for the second year in a row.
• 2008 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by J.S. Bach
  FS Music: "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven
  
  Won gold and silver at his two Junior Grand Prix Series events and took the title at the JGP Final ... Captured the U.S. junior and World Junior championships.
• 2007 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Masquerade Waltz" by Aram Khachaturian
  FS Music: Music from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky
• 2006 Season Notes
  SP music: "Just For You" by Giovanni
  FS music: "Croatian Rhapsody" and "Wonderland" by Maksim Mrvica and "Whisper from the Mirror" by Keiko Matsui
• 2005 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Rondo Capriccioso" by Camille Saint-Saens
  FS Music: "Don Quixote" by Leon Minkus
  
  Won the novice bronze medal at the U.S. Championships ... Claimed the junior crown at the Triglav Trophy.
• 2004 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Winter" (modern version) from "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi
  FS Music: "Hungarian Rhapsody" by Listz
• 2003 Season Notes
  FS Music: "Fantaisie Impromptu, Op.66" by Chopin

2010 - World Championships - 6th
2010 - Four Continents Championships - 1st
2010 - AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships - 5th
2009 - NHK Trophy - 6th
2009 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 3rd
2009 - World Junior Championships - 1st
2009 - AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships - 7th
2008 - Cup of Russia - 5th
2008 - Skate America - 8th
2008 - World Junior Championships - 1st
2008 - U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Junior - 1st
2008 - Junior Grand Prix Final, Gdansk - 1st
2007 - Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria) - 2nd
2007 - Junior Grand Prix (Romania) - 1st
2007 - State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior - 6th
2007 - Eastern Sectional, Junior - 1st
2007 - South Atlantic Regional, Junior - 1st
2006 - State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior - 11th
2006 - Eastern Sectional, Junior - 3rd
2005 - Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) - 6th
2005 - Triglav Trophy, Junior - 1st
2005 - State Farm U.S. Championshps, Novice - 2nd
2005 - Eastern Sectional, Novice - 1st
2005 - South Atlantic Regional, Novice - 4th
2004 - U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate - 6th
2004 - South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate - 4th
2003 - U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile - 7th
2003 - South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile - 4th