15 Facts About Benjamin Agosto

Benjamin Alexandro Agosto was born on January 15,1982 and is an American ice dancer.

Benjamin Agosto was born January 15,1982, in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Northbrook, Illinois.

Benjamin Agosto is the son of a Puerto Rican father and a Jewish mother whose family have roots in Romania and Russia.

Benjamin Agosto attended grade school at the Chicago Waldorf School, then spent two years at Glenbrook North High School, and graduated with honors from Michigan's Groves High School in June 2000.

Benjamin Agosto lived in Detroit, Michigan, from June 1998 and then Canton, Michigan, before moving to Aston, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 2008.

Benjamin Agosto relocated to Lacey, Washington, in September 2010 and then to Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2014.

Benjamin Agosto started skating at age six, after receiving a pair of ice skates for his birthday, and started ice dancing at about age 12.

Benjamin Agosto skated with Katie Hill from 1995 to 1998, competing with her on the novice and junior levels, including internationally.

When that partnership ended, Benjamin Agosto moved from Chicago to Michigan in 1998 in order to train under Igor Shpilband.

In 1998, Benjamin Agosto's coach partnered him with Canadian Tanith Belbin.

On June 10,2010, Belbin and Benjamin Agosto announced their retirement from eligible skating.

On December 15,2015, US Figure Skating announced Belbin and Benjamin Agosto would be members of the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class of 2016.

Benjamin Agosto has choreographed for three Disney on Ice shows and in 2014, he became the director of ice dance at the Ice Den in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Benjamin Agosto worked as a voice actor for a video game in 2006, and expressed an interest in continuing in the field.

Benjamin Agosto has performed on television as a spokesperson for the United States Census.