43 Facts About Jeffrey Buttle

Jeffrey "Jeff" Buttle was born on September 1,1982 and is a Canadian figure skater and choreographer.

On March 22,2008, Buttle became the first Canadian man since Elvis Stojko in 1997 to win the World Title.

Jeffrey Buttle announced his retirement from competitive skating on September 10,2008.

Jeffrey Buttle was born in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario, and raised in Sudbury.

Jeffrey Buttle attended Ecole Don Bosco, a French-language elementary school.

Jeffrey Buttle studied chemical engineering at the University of Toronto part-time before taking time off to focus on his skating.

In 2012, Jeffrey Buttle played ice hockey for a team in the Toronto Gay Hockey Association.

Jeffrey Buttle is openly gay and married Justin Harris in February 2014.

Jeffrey Buttle began skating at age two and competing at age six.

Jeffrey Buttle competed in ice dancing with his elder sister, Meghan.

Jeffrey Buttle trained at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario.

Jeffrey Buttle won the silver medal in the junior level at the Canadian Championships in 1998.

Jeffrey Buttle rose steadily through the ranks, gaining experience on the junior level.

At the Canadian Championships, Jeffrey Buttle made his first run on the podium and placed third.

The next season, Jeffrey Buttle repeated his podium finish at Nationals, but was unable to defend his title at Four Continents.

Jeffrey Buttle won his first Grand Prix gold medal at 2003 NHK Trophy, followed by his second silver, at 2003 Skate Canada.

Jeffrey Buttle was instead sent to the Four Continents, which he won for the second time.

Jeffrey Buttle spent that summer training in Lake Arrowhead with Rafael Arutyunyan, who would remain as his secondary coach with Lee Barkell.

Jeffrey Buttle went on to win his first National title.

Jeffrey Buttle finished the year with a silver medal at the 2005 Worlds.

Jeffrey Buttle had a wardrobe malfunction at Skate Canada when his pants split during his performance.

Jeffrey Buttle went on to win his second National title at the 2006 Canadian Championships and went into the Olympics as the reigning World silver medalist.

Two days later, during the free skate, Jeffrey Buttle fell on his attempt at a quad toe jump and then put a hand down on the ice after a triple Axel jump, where he ended up losing to Evgeni Plushenko from Russia.

Jeffrey Buttle later said that he kept thinking of winning a medal in his short program but later focused on simply enjoying himself in the free skate program, and it paid off.

Jeffrey Buttle withdrew from the 2006 Grand Prix series due to a stress fracture in his back.

Jeffrey Buttle began his season at the 2007 Canadian Championships, where he won his third consecutive national title.

Jeffrey Buttle was the leader after the short program, and became the first male under the Code of Points system to gain level fours on all spins and footwork.

Jeffrey Buttle placed eighth in the free skate, dropping down to sixth place overall.

Jeffrey Buttle's placement, combined with that of Christopher Mabee, earned Canada two spots to the 2008 World Championships.

Jeffrey Buttle decided to change his short program back to the one used during the previous season.

At the 2008 Four Continents, after a third-place finish in the short program, Jeffrey Buttle went on to place second in the long and consequently won the silver medal.

At the 2008 Worlds, Jeffrey Buttle placed first in the short program.

Jeffrey Buttle then went on to deliver a personal best performance to win the gold medal by a 13.95 point margin over the defending world champion, France's Brian Joubert.

Jeffrey Buttle represented the Sudbury Skating Club throughout his career.

Jeffrey Buttle served as the athlete representative on the Skate Canada Officials Advisory Committee.

Jeffrey Buttle acted as the Athlete Ambassador for the 2010 and 2011 Canadian Nationals.

Jeffrey Buttle has toured with Canadian Stars on Ice since his eligible days, and continues to skate in shows as a professional skater.

Jeffrey Buttle appeared in the 2009 US "Smuckers Stars on Ice" tour and has skated in several shows in China, Japan, Korea, and Europe.

Jeffrey Buttle has kept his technical level of skating by participating in pro-am competitions in Japan for many years.

Jeffrey Buttle became interested in choreography after having watched David Wilson creating skating programs.

Jeffrey Buttle currently stays at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club as a choreographer.

Jeffrey Buttle became the director of Stars on Ice for the 2017 tour, in addition to his roles as a choreographer and a performer.

The designer Jef Billings created the costumes Jeffrey Buttle wore during the 2006 Olympic Games, where he won the bronze medal.