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My Take
Johnny Weir fascinates me because he refused to choose between athlete and artist. Three U.S. titles, two Olympics, and a World bronze prove the competitive chops, but what I remember is the audacity — the costumes, the musicality, the insistence on being entirely himself on the ice even when the sport's culture pushed back hard. His second act as a commentator might be even better: witty, knowledgeable, and generous to skaters in a way only a former insider can be. To me he widened figure skating's idea of what a champion looks like, and the sport is healthier for it.
Overview
John Garvin Weir (; born July 2, 1984) is an American television commentator and retired figure skater. He is a two-time Olympian (2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics), the 2008 World bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2001 World Junior Champion, and a three-time U.S. National champion (2004–2006). He was the youngest U.S. National champion since 1991, in 2006 the first skater to win U.S.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Johnny Weir
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョニー・ウィアー
- Reading
- じょにー・うぃあー
- Born
- July 2, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- figure skater / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Newark High School
- University
- University of Delaware
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.