Evan Frank Lysacek is an American retired figure skater.
87 Facts About Evan Lysacek
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Evan Lysacek is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2009 World champion, a two-time Four Continents champion, the 2009 Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time US national champion.
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Evan Lysacek was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in nearby Naperville.
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Evan Lysacek's mother, Tanya, is a substitute teacher in Naperville, and his father, Don, is a building contractor.
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Evan Lysacek has an older sister, Laura, and a younger sister, Christina.
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Evan Lysacek is of half-Czech descent; his paternal great-grandfather Frantisek Evan Lysacek emigrated from Czechoslovakia's Moravia region to Chicago in 1925.
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Evan Lysacek is a Greek Orthodox Christian, having stated that one of his most prized possessions is his Orthodox cross.
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Evan Lysacek moved to Los Angeles, California in 2003, following his graduation from high school.
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Evan Lysacek studied acting, having taken method acting classes at the Professional Arts School in Beverly Hills.
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In September 2014, Evan Lysacek moved to New York City to pursue a career in commercial real estate.
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Evan Lysacek became engaged to real estate developer Duangpatra "Dang" Bodiratnangkura in April 2019.
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Evan Lysacek's grandmother had always wanted to be in the Ice Capades, so she bought him skates for Christmas.
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Evan Lysacek originally wanted to play ice hockey, so his mother enrolled him and his sister Laura in figure skating lessons to learn how to skate.
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Evan Lysacek placed seventh at his first event and then won his second event.
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At the 2000 US Championships, Evan Lysacek won the Junior title at the age of fourteen.
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Evan Lysacek placed fifth in the short program and first in the free skate, placing first overall.
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Evan Lysacek was the first male skater since Terry Kubicka to win back-to-back novice and junior men's titles in the United States.
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The win on the junior level was unusual in that Evan Lysacek moved from third to first overall while sitting backstage, because he won through a tiebreak in the 6.0 ordinal system.
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Evan Lysacek competed in his second season on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and won two silver medals.
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Evan Lysacek made his senior national debut at the 2001 US Championships, placing 12th at the age of fifteen.
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Evan Lysacek was named second alternate to the US team to the 2001 World Junior Championships and was placed on the team after Ryan Bradley withdrew due to injury.
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Evan Lysacek performed two clean programs and came in second behind fellow American Johnny Weir, giving the United States both a gold and a silver on the World Junior podium for the first time since 1987.
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At the 2002 US Championships, Evan Lysacek repeated his 12th-place finish from the previous year and was not selected for the team to the 2002 World Junior Championships.
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Evan Lysacek was sent to the 2002 Triglav Trophy in April, where he won the gold medal on the junior level.
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Evan Lysacek was named third alternate for the 2003 Four Continents Championships and was placed on the team after other skaters withdrew.
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Evan Lysacek placed 10th at this event in his senior international debut.
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Evan Lysacek was named to the 2003 Junior Worlds team.
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Evan Lysacek landed the first clean triple Axel jump of his career in the qualifying round of this competition and his second clean one in the free skate.
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Evan Lysacek then went on to compete at the 2004 World Junior Championships, where he won a third silver medal.
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Skating through a hip injury, Evan Lysacek placed fifth at the 2004 Skate America, the first Grand Prix event of his career.
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Evan Lysacek repeated that placement a few weeks later at the 2004 Cup of Russia.
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At the 2005 US Championships, Evan Lysacek won the bronze medal after receiving the only 6.0 of his career for his short program.
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Evan Lysacek went on to win his first senior international title at the 2005 Four Continents.
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Evan Lysacek competed next at the 2005 World Championships in Moscow.
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Evan Lysacek placed second at the 2005 Skate America, but he felt that his Grease free skate was not working.
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Evan Lysacek's new Carmen program was a success at the 2005 NHK Trophy, where Evan Lysacek finished second.
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At the 2006 US Championships, Evan Lysacek was third after the short program, but won the free skate, finishing second overall.
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Evan Lysacek was named to the 2006 Winter Olympic team alongside Johnny Weir and Matthew Savoie.
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At the Olympics, following a 10th place finish in the short program, Evan Lysacek became sick with the stomach flu.
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Evan Lysacek finished his free skate with eight triple jumps and was ranked third of the night.
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Evan Lysacek commentated on his free-skating program on Olympic Ice the next day with Scott Hamilton and Mary Carillo.
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Evan Lysacek ended his season by winning the bronze medal at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary, Canada.
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Evan Lysacek was troubled by illness, having been administered three different antibiotics to fight a bacterial infection.
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Evan Lysacek rose from seventh place in the short program to finish third on the strength of his free skating program.
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Two weeks later, Evan Lysacek won the gold medal at the 2006 Cup of China by a 20-point margin.
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Evan Lysacek was fourth after the short program, but made yet another comeback in the free skate, landing a clean quadruple combination to earn a new personal best and to win his second Four Continents title.
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At the 2007 World Championships, Evan Lysacek placed fifth in the short program and earned himself his first new short program personal best in two years.
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Evan Lysacek performed a double loop instead of a planned triple loop and placed fifth in the long program, placing fifth over all.
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Evan Lysacek toured over the summer of 2007 with Champions on Ice for the second consecutive year.
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Evan Lysacek fell on an attempted quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop in the short program, receiving only one point for that element.
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Evan Lysacek was in second place going into the free skate, but won the free skate, landing a clean quadruple jump, although he was unable to finish in first overall.
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Evan Lysacek went on to the 2007 Cup of China, where he won the short program with a score of 81.55, improving his personal best by almost thirteen points.
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Evan Lysacek placed second in the free skate after falling on his quadruple jump, and finished second overall.
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Evan Lysacek earned a new overall personal best of 229.78 points.
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At the 2008 US Championships, Evan Lysacek was second after the short program and won the free skate.
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Evan Lysacek was named to the team for the 2008 World Championships.
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Evan Lysacek toured over the summer of 2008 with the Stars on Ice tour.
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At the 2009 US Championships, Evan Lysacek placed second in the short program.
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At the 2009 Four Continents, Evan Lysacek placed second in the short program.
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Evan Lysacek placed second in the free skating segment as well, and then won the silver medal overall by a margin of 15.39 points.
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At the 2009 World Championships, Evan Lysacek placed second in the short program.
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Evan Lysacek then won the free skating segment to win the competition overall, becoming the first American man since Todd Eldredge in 1996 to win the World title.
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At the World Championships, Evan Lysacek competed with a stress fracture in his left foot, which prevented him from trying a quadruple jump at the competition.
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Evan Lysacek was considered the front-runner for the 2010 Olympic gold by some journalists.
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At the Grand Prix Final, Evan Lysacek placed second in the short program and won the free skating to win the title overall.
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Evan Lysacek became the second consecutive American to win the title, following Jeremy Abbott the year before.
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At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Evan Lysacek placed second in the short program, with a score of 90.30 without any quadruple jumps.
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Evan Lysacek won the free skate with a score of 167.37 and won the gold medal overall with a total score of 257.67, a margin of 1.31 over silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko.
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Evan Lysacek became the first American to win the Olympic title in men's singles since Brian Boitano in 1988, and the first reigning world champion to win since Scott Hamilton in 1984.
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Evan Lysacek had originally been named to the team for the 2010 World Championships, but withdrew from the World team following his win at the Olympics.
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Evan Lysacek resumed training with Frank Carroll at Lake Arrowhead, California, and his publicist said he would make a decision whether to compete later in the summer.
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In October, US Figure Skating announced that he would not compete at the 2011 Skate America due to a financial disagreement, and Evan Lysacek confirmed that he would not take part in the Grand Prix series, explaining on his Twitter that "a suitable agreement could not be reached between US Figure Skating and myself by the event entry deadline".
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In November, Evan Lysacek confirmed he would not enter the 2012 US Championships in January 2012 but negotiations with US Figure Skating continued.
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On November 20,2012, Evan Lysacek underwent surgery to repair a torn muscle in his lower abdomen, with an expected period of six weeks off the ice.
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On June 3,2013, it was announced that Evan Lysacek would compete at one ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event: the 2013 Skate America.
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On December 10,2013, Evan Lysacek announced on The Today Show that he would not attempt to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics due to the labrum injury which he sustained in September.
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On December 15,2015, US Figure Skating announced Evan Lysacek would be a member of the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class of 2016.
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Evan Lysacek was originally coached by Candice Brown in Naperville, Illinois.
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Kudriavtsev would come to Chicago for part of the year to coach, and Evan Lysacek spent his summers at Kudriavtsev's summer training camps in Moscow, Russia and Flims, Switzerland.
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Evan Lysacek moved to El Segundo, California, to work with Frank Carroll and Ken Congemi in June 2003.
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Evan Lysacek trained with Carroll at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo.
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Evan Lysacek has worked with many choreographers over the years, including Oleg Epstein and Kurt Browning.
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Evan Lysacek began supporting Figure Skating in Harlem in 2006 and is a board member of the charity.
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Evan Lysacek has regularly attended their benefit gala in New York City.
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Evan Lysacek left Creative Artists Agency in April 2012 and was represented by Shep Goldberg until his death in November 2014.
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Wang created the mock tuxedo Evan Lysacek wore when he won the 2009 World Championships.
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Evan Lysacek was a celebrity contestant on Dancing with the Stars for the tenth season, which premiered on Monday, March 22,2010.