Skaters

Brian Boitano
Born:
October 22, 1963
Birthplace:
Mountain View, Calif.
Height:
5' 11"
Level:
Senior
Hometown:
Sunnyvale, Calif.
Club:
Peninsula SC
Coach:
Linda Leaver, Sandra Bezic
Boitano captured his first of four consecutive U.S. national titles in 1985 ... He went on to win two world championships (1986 and 1988) and the Olympic gold medal in 1988 ... His free skate to capture the '88 Olympic gold is known as one of the greatest individual figure skating performances of all time... At the 1982 U.S. Championships, he became the first American skater to land a triple Axel ... Boitano's competitive record is in its own class; he has won more professional titles than any competitor in the history of sport, including six World Professional Championships ... Outside of competitive skating, Boitano started his own tour and won an Emmy Award for his starring role in Carmen on Ice (HBO) ... He founded Youth Skate in 1998 to introduce inner-city youth to ice skating ... He formed White Canvas Productions in 1994, and he still serves as Artistic Director for the company ... He became the first male skater -- and the only one to date -- to be featured alone on the cover of Sports Illustrated, when he made the cover after his '88 Olympic gold ... He has been inducted into both the World and U.S. Figure Skating Halls of Fame in 1996.
      1994 - World Professional Championships - 1st
      1994 - Olympic Winter Games - 6th
      1994 - U.S. Championships - 2nd
      1992 - World Professional Championships - 1st
      1991 - World Professional Championships - 1st
      1990 - World Professional Championships - 1st
      1989 - World Professional Championships - 1st
      1988 - World Professional Championships - 1st
      1988 - World Championships - 1st
      1988 - Olympic Winter Games - 1st
      1988 - U.S. Championships - 1st
      1987 - World Championships - 2nd
      1987 - U.S. Championships - 1st
      1986 - World Championships - 1st
      1986 - U.S. Championships - 1st
      1985 - World Championships - 3rd
      1985 - U.S. Championships - 1st
      1984 - World Championships - 6th
      1984 - Olympic Winter Games - 5th
      1984 - U.S. Championships - 2nd
      1983 - World Championships - 7th
      1983 - U.S. Championships - 2nd
      1982 - U.S. Championships - 4th