33 Facts About Brandon Mroz

Brandon Mroz is the first skater to have completed a quadruple Lutz in a sanctioned competition.

Brandon Mroz was born in St Louis, Missouri, one of four brothers.

Brandon Mroz was coached by Shannon Nester and Debbie Howe from 2001 through 2004 and by Doug Leigh and Michelle Leigh in Barrie, Ontario, from 2002 through 2004.

Brandon Mroz represented the St Louis Skating Club in competition.

Brandon Mroz won his regional competition, the Upper Great Lakes Regional Championship, to qualify at the juvenile level for the 2002 US Junior Championships, where he placed 6th in his qualifying group and went on to place 18th overall.

Brandon Mroz won both the short program and the free skate at his regional competition to win the gold medal overall.

At the regional championship, the first qualifying competition for the US Figure Skating Championships, Brandon Mroz won the short program and the free skate to win the gold medal overall.

At Sectionals, Brandon Mroz placed fourth in the short program and second in the free skate to win the silver medal overall.

At Nationals, Brandon Mroz placed 7th in the short program and the free skate to place 7th overall.

In 2005, Brandon Mroz moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he joined Tom Zakrajsek.

Brandon Mroz won the short program and placed second in the free skate to win the gold medal overall.

At the 2006 US Championships, Brandon Mroz won the short program by a point margin of 1.48.

Brandon Mroz placed third in the free skate, and won the silver medal overall.

At his first Junior Grand Prix event, the event in Mexico City, Mexico, Brandon Mroz placed 11th in the short program and then won the free skate to take the silver medal overall.

At the JGP Final, Brandon Mroz placed 5th in the short program and 2nd in the free skate.

Brandon Mroz placed second in the short program and third in the free skate.

Brandon Mroz was placed on the team for the 2007 World Junior Championships, where he placed 7th in the short program and 2nd in the free skate to place 4th overall.

Brandon Mroz competed for the second consecutive season on the Junior Grand Prix.

At the JGP Final, Brandon Mroz placed second in both segments of the competition to win the silver medal overall.

At Nationals, Brandon Mroz competed for the second time on the junior level.

Brandon Mroz placed 3rd in the short program and 2nd in the free skate to win the silver medal overall.

Brandon Mroz was placed on the team to the 2008 World Junior Championships, where he placed 3rd in the short program after landing a triple Axel-triple toe loop combination.

Brandon Mroz placed 5th in the free skate to place 4th overall.

Brandon Mroz went on to compete at the 2008 Trophee Eric Bompard, his second Grand Prix event.

Brandon Mroz placed 6th in the short program and 5th in the free skate to place 5th overall.

At Nationals, Brandon Mroz placed 4th in the short program after being credited with landing a triple Axel and a triple Lutz-triple toe loop.

Brandon Mroz placed 2nd in the free skate, in which he was credited with landing a quad toe loop and eight triples, including a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination.

At Four Continents, Brandon Mroz placed 5th in the short program after landing a triple Axel, a triple flip, and a triple Lutz-triple toe loopcombination.

Brandon Mroz placed 13th in the free skate to finish 9th overall.

Brandon Mroz's placement, combined with that of World Champion Evan Lysacek, earned the United States the maximum three entries to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Brandon Mroz won his first senior Grand Prix medal, silver, at the 2010 Cup of China.

Brandon Mroz followed it up with a bronze medal at the 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard.

Brandon Mroz landed a quad Lutz successfully on September 16,2011, in the short program at the 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational.