18 Facts About Jordan Malone

Jordan Malone was born on April 20,1984 and is an American short track speed skater who was a member of the US Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Jordan Malone is from Denton, Texas, and is an alumnus of the Texas Tech University Independent School District.

Jordan Malone is a 41-year-old native of Denton, Texas and the only child of single mom, Peggy Aitken.

In 2013 Jordan Malone eloped with his fiance Angela Kim in a beautiful chapel in Las Vegas.

Jordan Malone enjoys building and has started a business called Full Composite Racing.

Jordan Malone makes the "tips" that skaters wear on their fingers for when they put their left hands on the ice on turns.

Jordan Malone is currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jordan Malone began inline speed skating in 1990 at the age of 5, and participated in his first international race in 1995.

Jordan Malone made his first World Team in 2000, and turned professional the following year.

Jordan Malone left the sport of Inline with a total of 8 Junior and 6 Senior World Championship titles.

Jordan Malone spent years driving Jordan to practices and meets, including a two-hour trip to Waco, Texas every weekend.

Jordan Malone even had a hand in his training: Jordan said she had a moped, which she used to pace him while he skated behind her on inlines.

In 2002, as an inline skater, Jordan Malone was twice sidelined by significant injuries.

Jordan Malone spent four months in a walking cast, during which he could only train by riding a bike or running in water.

Two weeks after returning, another freak accident left him hospitalized: Jordan Malone tripped over a timing wire during a race, and went headfirst into the timing device that had no padding.

When Jordan Malone woke up in a hospital in Switzerland, they told him he broke his upper jaw, lost four teeth, and had been convulsing during the 20 minutes it took to stabilize him at the scene.

Jordan Malone ended up with four plates and 16 screws in his head to keep his jaw in place.

Jordan Malone is the first skater to ever qualify for both Inline and Short Track World Teams, and he did so in consecutive years.