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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 .
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]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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).
His lone champion was Lysacek, whose stirring free skate at the 2010 Vancouver Games was enough to beat out Russia's Evgeni Plushenko for the gold medal. 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 ...